Former detectives Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski, now in their 70s, hoped to have a judge dismiss the perjury case over mistakes made in the grand jury process. But Judge Lucretia Clemons denied the motion Friday and set trial for November.
Three long-retired Philadelphia police detectives must stand trial, accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder.The case, if it proceeds to trial in November, would mark a rare time when police or prosecutors face criminal charges for alleged misconduct that leads to wrongful convictions. Of the nearly 3,500 people exonerated of serious crimes in the U.S.
The five-year window to file perjury charges for trial testimony began anew.The key piece of evidence remaining at the retrial was Wright’s confession. His lawyers argued that it was coerced. The detectives denied it.Lawyer Sam Silver, representing Wright, asked Devlin to write down the nine-page confession in real time, as he said he had done "word for word" in 1991.
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3 retired Philadelphia detectives to stand trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 exonerationThree long-retired Philadelphia police detectives must stand trial, accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder. Experts in innocence cases say it's unusual for police or prosecutors to face criminal charges over misconduct that leads to wrongful convictions.
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