Philadelphia 2015 Exoneration 206

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Year Cleared:	2015
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:	"Phila. judge overturns 158 convictions tied to rogue narcotics cops, By Joseph A. Slobodzian and Mark Fazlollah (Inquirer Staff Writers), Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://articles.philly.com/2015-08-09/news/65354633_1_narcotics-officers-perry-betts-convictions
Information Source 2:	"88 more drug convictions thrown out, By Joseph A. Slobodzian (Inquirer Staff Writer), Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2015"
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Philadelphia 2015 Exoneration 206

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Philadelphia

City of Crime:

Philadelphia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Information Source 1:

"Phila. judge overturns 158 convictions tied to rogue narcotics cops, By Joseph A. Slobodzian and Mark Fazlollah (Inquirer Staff Writers), Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 2015"

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http://articles.philly.com/2015-08-09/news/65354633_1_narcotics-officers-perry-betts-convictions

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"88 more drug convictions thrown out, By Joseph A. Slobodzian (Inquirer Staff Writer), Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2015"

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