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Related: About this forumInmate exonerated after 25 years in prison sues Philadelphia and the Police Department
Anthony Wright, who served 25 years in prison for rape and murder and was freed last month after a retrial based on new DNA evidence, has sued the City of Philadelphia and 11 police officers who investigated the case, alleging that they fabricated evidence.
Wright, now 44, was sentenced to life without parole for the 1991 slaying of 77-year-old Louise Talley at her Nicetown home.
On Aug. 23, after less than an hour of deliberation, a Common Pleas Court jury acquitted Wright, who walked out prison that day.
"This miscarriage of justice was the direct result of egregious misconduct by the defendant officers of the Philadelphia Police Department," according to the 38-page complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160922_Inmate_exonerated_after_25_years_in_prison_sues_Philadelphia_and_the_Police_Department.html
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I hope he gets a bundle. It won't make up for all those lost years, though.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)raping a 77 y/o woman. That is horrible. I hope wins the suit big, but nothing can make it right.
TexasProgresive
(12,154 posts)there should be criminal trials for them. 3 to 5 years for each of them and no pensions.