Marcos Reis-Campos was 18 in 2004 when he shot and killed a member of a rival gang in San Francisco, then was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.
But after new evidence that a police officer had testified falsely, then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin agreed to reduce Reis-Campos’ conviction to voluntary manslaughter. He was freed in December 2021. And because he was allowed to take college courses during his final years in prison, Reis-Campos says he’s now preparing to complete a doctoral degree in business administration.
“I made some very bad decisions” early in life, Reis-Campos, 41, told the Chronicle on Monday, while crediting Boudin for helping him gain his freedom…