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 argued 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 meritless.
Representing himself, Troy …
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Third Exculpatory Eyewitness Emerges, But Appeal Again Denied in ’97 Murder
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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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Eyewitness Says Troy Joseph Not Guilty of Murder
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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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Western Pa. Case Issues Mirror National Trends
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Did they confess? No One Will Ever Know For Sure Because of Failures to Record All Custodial Interrogations
By Bill Moushey and Elizabeth Perry
Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Attorney Francis Sichko agreed to let state police polygraph 18-year-old Tiffany Pritchett in the middle of her 1994 murder trial because if she passed the test, Washington County’s prosecutor led him to …
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False Confessions: Troy Joseph / He says he’s a victim of ‘police trickery’
September 1, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Friday, September 01, 2006
By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It was no secret that Troy Joseph didn't get along with his sister's boyfriend, Richard Pearson. One night, the two had an argument they were taking outside when, according to Mr. Joseph, a robber interceded and shot Mr. Pearson.
Police eventually got the 18-year-old Mr. Joseph to sign what amounted to a murder …
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False Confessions: Three stories
September 1, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Second of two parts
Friday, September 01, 2006
A recently published study of overturned convictions between 1989 and 2003 found that 15 percent of them involved false confessions. Most resulted from police pressure, often on vulnerable suspects.
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University, which investigates allegations of wrongful convictions in partnership with the Pittsburgh …
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