Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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Year Crime: |
1990 |
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Year Cleared: |
1995 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pennsylvania |
County or Region of Crime: |
Philadelphia |
City of Crime: |
Philadelphia |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
42 state drug convictions were overturned in 1995 based on evidence that the Philadelphia Police Department officers involved in the prosecutions were corrupt. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Framed by corrupt Philadelphia Police Department officers. |
Innocence Proved By: |
42 state drug convictions were overturned in 1995 based on evidence that Philadelphia Police Department officers from the 39th District precinct were corrupt and framed defendants. |
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Information Source 1: |
"6th Police Officer Charged In Philly Corruption Scandal, By Associated Press, Observer-Reporter, August 24, 1995" |
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"Philadelphia police scandal may force reopening of murder cases, By Associated Press, Gettysburg Times, August 25, 1995" |
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"39th District Scandal Nets Another Dirty-cop List At Six, And Still Growing, By Mark Fazlollah and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. (Inquirer Staff Writers), The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23, 1995" |
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http://articles.philly.com/1995-08-23/news/25710780_1_police-corruption-police-corruption-maier |
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