Wrongly Convicted Philadelphia Man Spent 11 Years In Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, Now the Detective Who Coerced His False Confession Will Pay for His Crimes In Historical Verdict
A former Philadelphia Police homicide detective was found guilty of assaulting an innocent man more than a decade ago to obtain a false murder confession and then lying about his misconduct during court proceedings. James Pitts, 53, was convicted July 16 after a jury found him guilty on two counts of obstruction and perjury, which…
