| First Name | Angel |
| Last Name | Gonzalez |
| Year of Conviction | 1995 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2015 |
| State of Conviction | Illinois |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Hispanic |
| Juvenile | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Lineup Procedures |
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| Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Show-up – conducted with defendant placed in handcuffs while victim in patrol car |
| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Statement described where and how assault occurred in "the area of Belvidere Park" ● Assault began in car and then on ground near "evergreen trees" BUT – statement Gonzalez wrote in Spanish did not resemble statement translated into English |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Prosecutor argued that confession statement had “numerous consistencies,” including where and how the assault occurred in “the area of Belvidere Park,” with the assault beginning in a car, and then on the ground near “these evergreen trees,” matching what victim had described. |
| Interrogation Recorded | Written and signed confession statement; only video of Miranda warnings being administered |
| Highest level reached | State Post Conviction |