Angela Garcia was falsely accused of arson and murder stemming from a house fire which resulted in the tragic death of her two daughters. In 2001, after two hung jury trials, Angela was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 49 ½ years. Years later, the Wrongful Conviction Project discovered substantial evidence that the fire investigation was flawed and that the cause of the fire was an electrical failure. In 2016, Angela made the difficult decision to plead guilty to a lesser offense, allowing her to be released in 2022. Angela is now a Measurement Coordinator and working with her partner to open a group home. Her story was featured in the Innocence Project’s Guilty Plea Problem and The Intercept’s The Fire on Harvard Avenue, written by Jim Dwyer Award for Journalism recipient Liliana Segura.