“Presumed Guilty”: The story of one man — and a deeply flawed system
In this scene from their documentary “Presumed Guilty,” Toño displays his breakdance skills and Hernández coaches Toño over the telephone on how best to defend himself in court proceedings.
December 1, 2008
Early in their doctoral studies at UC Berkeley, Mexican lawyers Layda Negrete and Roberto Hernández began working on the case of Antonio “Toño” Zúñiga, a street vendor who had been arrested and imprisoned on first-degree murder charges. They were convinced he was innocent. In this scene from their documentary “Presumed Guilty,” Toño displays his breakdance skills and Hernández coaches Toño over the telephone on how best to defend himself in court proceedings.
Al comienzo de sus estudios de doctorado en la Universidad de California en Berkeley, los abogados de México Layda Negrete y Roberto Hernández comenzaron a trabajar sobre el caso de Antonio “Toño” Zúñiga, vendedor ambulante que había sido detenido y encarcelado por asesinato en primer grado. Ambos estaban convencidos de que era inocente. En esta escena de su documental “El Externante: Presunto Responsable,” Toño muestra sus habilidades en “breakdance” y Hernández aconseja a Toño, a través del teléfono, sobre la mejor manera de defenderse en los procedimientos judiciales.