#371 Guest Host Earlonne Woods with Joaquin Ciria

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On March 24, 1990, Felix “Carlos” Bastarrica was shot and killed on the street in San Francisco, CA. Following the shooting, Candido “Peter” Diaz, started rumors that one of Felix’s friends, Joaquin Ciria, was responsible. Relying on the rumors, police immediately targeted Joaquin and coerced 18-year-old George Varela – the man who drove the actual shooter to the crime – to falsely implicate Joaquin. Based primarily on this, and despite the complete lack of physical evidence linking him to the crime, Joaquin was convicted of murder and sentenced to 31 years to life in prison. Earlonne Woods talks to Joaquin Ciria and Paige Kaneb, Joaquin's attorney.

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0:00.0	On the night of March 24, 1990, Felix Basteryko was walking down an alley in San Francisco's
0:08.0	mission district.
0:09.5	Witnesses saw a man get out of a white money car loan and confront Felix and the two
0:14.0	started arguing.
0:15.3	Suddenly, a shot rang out and Felix failed to the ground dead.
0:20.1	The shooter jumped back into the car and spared away with another man at the wheel.
0:25.0	By the next morning, rumors were flying around the streets that the shooter was a lifelong
0:29.5	friend of Felix's, Joaquin Siria, they had grown up together in Cuba.
0:34.5	Word was that the two were in a dispute over money.
0:37.5	Joaquin had been out earlier that evening with a friend who drove a white money car loan,
0:42.0	but he claimed to be home with his wife and baby son for the night by the time the crime
0:45.7	was committed.
0:47.4	After viewing several lineups that included Joaquin's picture, two eyewitnesses I did
0:51.8	him as the man they'd seen.
0:54.0	One witness claimed that she was 80 percent certain and that was close enough for the jury,
1:01.1	but this is wrongful conviction.
1:16.2	Welcome back to wrongful conviction.
1:18.0	I'm Irleyn Woods, co-creator and co-host of the Ear Hustle podcast, guest host and
1:22.8	Jason Flomner Day.
1:24.6	And I gotta tell you, I served over 27 years in prison and I used to always think about
1:29.8	the people who were in here that were actually innocent, you know, dealing with the day-to-day
1:34.8	grinding rigor of prison life.
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