'San Antonio Four' could be out of prison by year's end





Here's a look at the San Antonio Four through the years.

less Anna Vasquez (from left), Elizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh and Cassandra Rivera have been fighting to clear their names in a bizarre 1994 sex assault case.



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SAN ANTONIO — All four women who say they were falsely accused in 1994 of child sexual assault could be out of prison by the end of the year following an acknowledgement by prosecutors Tuesday that faulty scientific evidence helped convict them.

The latest development in the so-called “San Antonio Four” case, which has garnered national attention, comes as attorneys for the women filed a series of court documents Tuesday seeking new trials.

The district attorney's office is in agreement that the evidence was flawed and plans to work with defense attorneys to bring to a judge a bail arrangement for Elizabeth Ramirez, 39, and her friends Cassandra Rivera, 38, and Kristie Mayhugh, 40, officials said.

The fourth woman, Anna Vasquez, 38, was paroled one year ago. She expressed cautious optimism that her friends will be home soon.

“I am hopeful and grateful for the way things have been working out,” Vasquez said. “But I've told people this before; I'm not trying to be negative, I just want to be realistic that anything could happen.”

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