Gerardo Cabanillas spent more than 28 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. In 1996, Cabanillas was wrongfully convicted of robbery, kidnapping, and sexual assault. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
DOWNEY — A Downey man who spent nearly three decades in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery convictions before DNA testing revealed he was innocent of the crimes filed suit Thursday against the cities of South Gate and Huntington Park for wrongful conviction and imprisonment…