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Baldwin Park to pay wrongly convicted man $19 million
Los Angeles Times
|November 19, 2025
He alleges fabricated evidence led to him spending more than 30 years behind bars.
A wrongfully convicted man who spent more than 30 years behind bars will receive $19.1 million as part of a settlement with the city of Baldwin Park, officials said.
Daniel Saldana, 56, was convicted in connection with a 1989 drive-by shooting outside a Baldwin Park high school football game that left two students injured. But for years Saldana maintained he was innocent, insisting he wasn’t at the shooting.
Saldana was freed from prison in 2023 after a judge declared him factually innocent. On Friday, the Baldwin Park City Council agreed to pay $19.1 million to settle a wrongful conviction federal lawsuit.
Attorneys for Saldana argued in the lawsuit that it was the “egregious misconduct” of a Baldwin Park detective that led to the wrongful conviction in 1990.
Saldana declined to comment through his lawyer, but his attorneys released a statement blaming the detective.
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