16.03.2017 - 15:01 [ theoutline.com ]

In the U.S. justice system, being deaf can get you wrongly imprisoned

In 1983, Felix Garcia received a life sentence and a concurrent 99 years in prison for first-degree murder and armed robbery. There was no physical evidence connecting him to the crime, but his brother, Frank, testified against him — though he signed an affidavit in 1989 admitting that his testimony was false — as did another alleged witness: Garcia himself.