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"Presumed Guilty": The story of one man -- and a deeply flawed system

By Cathy Cockrell

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(1:45 min. video clip) Early in their doctoral studies at UC Berkeley, Mexican lawyers Layda Negrete and Roberto Hernndez began working on the case of Antonio Too Ziga, 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, Too displays his breakdance skills and Hernndez coaches Too 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 Mxico Layda Negrete y Roberto Hernndez comenzaron a trabajar sobre el caso de Antonio Too Ziga, vendedor ambulante que haba 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, Too muestra sus habilidades en breakdance y Hernndez aconseja a Too, a travs del telfono, sobre la mejor manera de defenderse en los procedimientos judiciales.

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