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    Post man was cleared of murder after 34 yrs by evidence in the police file

    A man was cleared of murder after 34 years by evidence that was in the police file all along..


    Curtis Crosland fought for decades to clear his name. The evidence that finally exonerated him was in the Philadelphia Police Department's and District Attorney's files all along.


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    More than 30 years ago, based only on the statements of two witnesses who either recanted or failed to appear in court, Curtis Crosland was convicted of the 1984 murder of South Philadelphia store owner Il Man Heo and sentenced to life in prison.

    On Thursday, Crosland, 60 — a father of five and grandfather of 32 — was released from the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Montgomery County. So many loved ones crowded onto his sister’s narrow block in the city’s Cobbs Creek section, screaming and hugging, that traffic ground to a halt.

    “I just came home after 34 years. I’ve been exonerated,” Crosland apologized to one driver. She responded, “Praise God!”

    Crosland is the 21st person exonerated with support from District Attorney Larry Krasner’s Conviction Integrity Unit, which concluded that investigators had illegally concealed troubling information about the witnesses who accused Crosland and evidence pointing to another suspect.

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    https://www.inquirer.com/news/curtis...-20210625.html
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    Sadly, enormous injustice does happen sometimes in USA.
    Progressives are Passionate about establishing Totalitarian Tyranny.

    Conservatives are Apathetic about maintaining a Free Society.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    Sadly, enormous injustice does happen sometimes in USA.
    There is injustice everywhere.
    Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes​

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    Lucky they didn't kill him. The fact that a prosecutor would move forward, knowing this was in the file shows they are too often interested in their record.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    There is injustice everywhere.
    USA has the highest Incarceration Rate in the World. Many Penal Systems rarely sentence anyone to more then 15 years.

    In Scandinavia they help people in need. Scandinavia Nations have Positive Rights.
    Progressives are Passionate about establishing Totalitarian Tyranny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    USA has the highest Incarceration Rate in the World. Many Penal Systems rarely sentence anyone to more then 15 years.

    In Scandinavia they help people in need. Scandinavia Nations have Positive Rights.
    Should we really care what other countries do?

    Sweden has a recidivism rate that matches that of the USA. That means they keep arresting the same people just like we do but just do it more times per individual.

    China has a single digit recidivism rate. Maybe we should follow their lead instead of Sweden at one of the highest rates.

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    I imagine he's looking at a rather large compensation package.

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    Innocent until proven guilty, and all of that. I'm sure he will be properly compensated and those who unjustly robbed him 3 plus decades will be held accountable. Lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Red Lily View Post
    I imagine he's looking at a rather large compensation package.
    They'll probably offer him something comically low like 80k a year. As if anyone in their right mind would trade their freedom for a million a year, let alone 80k.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    USA has the highest Incarceration Rate in the World. Many Penal Systems rarely sentence anyone to more then 15 years.

    In Scandinavia they help people in need. Scandinavia Nations have Positive Rights.
    People going to prison and every little thing going to court is huge business for a ton of different occupations. It's all predatory and parasitic. The more stupid laws, the more people get paid.

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