Franky Carrillo did 20 years for a murder he didn’t do. Now he’s running for Congress against Rep. Mike Garcia.
Francisco “Franky” Carrillo, who spent 20 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned when witnesses recanted their testimony, has announced a campaign for Congress, challenging Republican Rep. Mike Garcia in a northern Los Angeles County district.
Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, was elected to the seat in 2020 following the resignation of then-Rep. Katie Hill, winning both a special election then a general election later that year, and re-election in 2022 — all three times defeating Democrat Christy Smith. A gang member who served as a key witness in the shooting case “believed that the shooter was a rival gang member” and picked Carrillo out of a “gang book” of 140 photos on the night of the shooting, according to a summary provided to the board. The witness then re-identified Carrillo from a “six-pack” photo array.
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