Downey man wrongfully imprisoned for 28 years says police fabricated evidence to frame him
A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of robbery, rape and kidnapping alleges in a new lawsuit that South Gate police, facing pressure to make an arrest, coerced his confession, fabricated evidence and ultimately framed him. Gerardo Cabanillas, a 48-year-old Downey resident exonerated in 2023 after DNA evidence…