The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
An investigative reporting organization that probes allegations of wrongful convictions.
By Cynthia Levy
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
In December 1975 when Frank Slazinski returned to his Lawrenceville home after a lengthy hospital stay caused by a beating he took from robbers, they struck again.
This time, the 82-year-old retiree was bludgeoned with a blackjack before his assailants took $15 and a television set, which was never recovered.
He managed to …
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Fear and Loathing Without Representation Leads To Admissions They Now Contest
By Bill Moushey, Elizabeth Perry and Cynthia Levy
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
In 1976, Billy Pirozzi, 17, became so fearful without his parents present during police interrogations over the murder of an elderly Lawrenceville man, he confessed, though he changed his story four times, falsely …
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