Philadelphia Front Page News Justice Brief: Former Philly detective sentenced for beating false confession out of innocent man, lying under oath Forward news by KYW Newsradio frontpagenews1@yahoo.com
Above: Image concerning Obina Onyiah spent 11 years behind bars for crime he didn’t commit before DA’s office investigated former Detective James Pitts
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A former Philadelphia homicide detective will spend at least two and a half years behind bars after prosecutors say he helped put a man in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
District Attorney Larry Krasner said Pitts was known in law enforcement circles for how he got confessions long before he violently coerced one out of Obina Onyiah for a 2010 murder at a jewelry store in Northeast Philly.
“Sadly, Detective Pitts — and those that have been in the system a long time know this — had a reputation for a long time for very questionable conduct in his homicide investigations,” he said.
The 2010 murder at the jewelry store came during an armed robbery that went bad and turned into a shootout, leaving one of the perpetrators and jeweler William Glatz dead. A second perpetrator escaped.
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