Jury awards $16 million to a Philly man whose death-row murder conviction was overturned
Jimmy Dennis spent 25 years on death row and in solitary confinement for a murder conviction a judge later called a "grave miscarriage of justice."
Hasnain says:
First case I’ve seen in a while where the detectives themselves were held liable ($3m each) instead of the taxpayers paying for misconduct. I only wish that they were on the hook for all of it because this is egregious.
“It was later determined that detectives and prosecutors involved with the case had buried key evidence that, if presented to a jury, might have persuaded the panel to find Dennis not guilty, said Messing.
There was evidence that a critical eyewitness — the only person who said he was sure that he could identify the killer if he saw him again — told police after being shown Dennis’ photo that he was “definitely not the killer,” Messing said. But that was not turned over to Dennis and his lawyers.
Among the other evidence withheld was a document that corroborated Dennis’ alibi that he was on a bus around the time of the murder, police reports that impeached the credibility of an eyewitness, and additional relevant documents, Messing said.”
Posted on 2024-04-27T23:34:41+0000