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An Allegheny County judge called Troy Joseph's claims "meritless."
by Liyan Qi
inn_inst[at]pointpark[dot]edu
February 9, 2011
A man who received a life sentence in a 1997 East Liberty murder case acheapest viagra ukrgued that a newly discovered third eyewitness came forward to prove his innocence in his latest appeal, but an Allegheny County judge says the claim is …
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Third Exculpatory Eyewitness Emerges, But Appeal Again Denied in '97 Murder
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Appeals court denies actual innocence claim because it was filed too late
March 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
By Kelly Cline
Reporter, Innocence Institute of Point Park University
innocence [at] pointpark [dot] edu
DeAnndra Day has admitted on numerous occasions that it was she, not her ex-husband, who murdered her 3-year-old daughter. But a federal appeals court has denied appeals from Michael Day, the man serving a life sentence for the killing, because a lower court ruled new forensic evidence was …
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PA Superior Court denies appeal in 1997 East Liberty murder case
January 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
New evidence in Troy Joseph's murder case was rejected over a mailing dispute.
By Angela Disipio
Innocence Institute of Point Park University
inn_inst@pointpark.edu
A former East Liberty man says new evidence would prove his innocence in the slaying of his sister's boyfriend, but a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that it cannot be introduced because it was filed too late.
In its …
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Key witness recants testimony
December 10, 2009 By 1 Comment
September 12, 2006
This story was written by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff writer Bill Moushey and Nathan Crabbe, a graduate student in journalism at Point Park University.
In the year after her testimony convicted Hosea Davis in the stabbing murder of a childhood friend, two-bit criminal Ameena Fullard had recanted her testimony at least three times.
So when Fullard called from the …
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Eyewitness Says Troy Joseph Not Guilty of Murder
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Judge must decide if the statement warrants new trial in East Liberty slaying
September 20, 2007
By Jodi Weigand and Bill Moushey, Innocence Institute of Point Park University
More than 10 years after Richard Pearson was gunned down on a rainy East Liberty night, a convicted drug dealer named Jacque Maynor told a judge he saw a masked gunman chasing the victim after Troy Joseph, the man …
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Troy Joseph to Receive Hearing
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
By Bridget DiCosmo
An Allegheny County judge was in error when she dismissed a Pittsburgh man’s appeal that he has found an eyewitness who says he was not the man who shot his sister’s boyfriend in 1997, the Pennsylvania Superior court has ruled.
In an 8-page opinion, a Pennsylvania Superior Court said Common Pleas Donna Jo McDaniel was in error in ruling she could not listen to …
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time
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East Liberty Man Confession Was Faked, Identity of Key Witness Clearing Him of Murder Was Hidden
By Bill Moushey
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
PITTSBURGH -- One reason Troy Joseph didn’t get along with his sister’s boyfriend was the way he treated their child, so when the two had an argument while the baby slept, he asked Richard Pearson to take it outside to …
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Judge hears post-conviction appeal
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Convict gets chance to prove innocence
By Cynthia Levy, New Pittsburgh Courier
December 13, 2007
Daron Cox has been waiting 11 years to prove his innocence. While restrained, the then-18 year old confessed during a six-and-a-half-hour interrogation that he killed a Homewood teenager.
Last Wednesday, Judge Jeffrey A. Manning heard evidence during a Post-Conviction Relief hearing that said …
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Gangland Violence Snares Cox, But Did Police Get the Right Man?
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Case Shows How A Questionable Confession Trumps Lies and Contradictions Every Time
By Cynthia Levy
Innocence Institute of Point Park University
PITTSBURGH -- In November 1996 when Brian Roberts, known as “Little B”, pointed a gun at a cop, he was arrested with that automatic weapon and 34 rocks of crack cocaine, but walked free after telling police the gun and drugs belonged to Roland …
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Tiffany Pritchett
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Murder in Donora
Series of Lies and Unrecorded Confession Questions Whether Justice Was Served
By Elizabeth Perry
Innocence Institute of Point Park University
On Dec. 13, 1993 Tiffany Pritchett, Troy Groomes and Dameon Isbell watched a movie in Donora, Washington County, then trekked up a snow covered hill towards their neighborhood.
According to Mr. Isbell, a veteran criminal and …
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