At the age of 16, Franky Carrillo was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. After serving 20 years, he was exonerated. Now, Carrillo is running for Congress.
27th District, a seat that is currently held by Rep. Mike Garcia.
"I knew I had to fight back. I educated myself, I wrote to lawyers, reporters, anyone I thought could help me. And for the next 20 years of my life I took on the system, and I always knew justice would prevail." , Carrillo will ‘fight to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed', make ‘people the priority, not extreme politics’, and to ‘take on the divisive MAGA extremists’.
Since being exonerated at the age of 37, Carrillo says he started a family, has been advocating for justice reform and democratic values and currently serves on the Probation Oversight Commission of Los Angeles County.
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