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Philadelphia 2014 Exoneration 101

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

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Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Philadelphia

City of Crime:

Philadelphia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"699 wrongful drug related convictions occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2012 that were based on investigations by one or more of six Philadelphia police officers accused in July 2014 of corruption that included filing false police reports and testifying perjuriously to obtain convictions. There were 53 exonerations in 2013, 107 in 2014, 396 in 2015, and 143 in 2016."

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Information Source 1:

"Another Philadelphia Drug Conviction Overturned Because of Cop’s Testimony, By Kim Glovas, CBS Channel 3 (Philadelphia, PA), September 5, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/05/another-philadelphia-drug-conviction-overturned-because-of-cops-testimony/

Information Source 2:

"Five Dozen More Convictions Tied To Corrupt Phila. Cop Are Overturned, By Paul Kurtz, Philadelphia.CBClocal.com, September 26, 2014"

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http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/26/five-dozen-more-convictions-tied-to-corrupt-phila-cop-are-overturned/

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