Daniel Butierez

Spoke publicly about the four and a half years he spent in Arizona prison. He was jailed after a 1991 marijuana arrest and a probation violation, and the state later agreed he had been convicted of a crime he did not commit; a court voided the conviction in 2020.

October 7, 2024

Source: kold.com · researched August 20, 2026

Filed a federal habeas corpus petition from prison, asking a U.S. judge to review the Arizona conviction he was serving time for. The case named the state prisons director and the Arizona attorney general. The court dismissed it on August 15, 1995 because he had not yet used up his remedies in the state courts. Arizona later admitted he had been convicted of a crime he did not commit, and a court voided that conviction in 2020.

June 22, 1995

Source: courtlistener.com · researched August 20, 2026