The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
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After 25 years in prison in the ‘Bear Rocks Murders,” Former Latrobe Man Released Pending Outcome of Appeal
By Leah Welch and Darlene Natale
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
PITTSBURGH—As a bare-headed and graying David Munchinski, still wearing drab blue prison garb, emerged into a steady downpour from prison for the first time in 25 years, he first stumbled …
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After 25 years in prison in the “Bear Rocks Murders,” Former Latrobe Man Released Pending Outcome of Appeal
By Bill Moushey
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
PITTSBURGH-- Just a month after she deemed David Munchinski’s conviction in a 1978 double-murder unworthy of confidence, a federal judge ordered the former Latrobe man’s release after 25 years in prison as he …
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Munchinski Ordered Released on Bond
David Munchinski, the first subject of an Innocence Institute of Point Park University investigation, was ordered released on bond this morning after 25 years in prison by a federal judge who said "I don't think he should have been convicted....see more later today at www.innocenceinstitute.org.
Bond Hearing Scheduled for Munchinski
A hearing to …
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Memorandum Opinion David Munchinski
A Federal Judge Rules No Reasonable Trier Of Fact Could Have Convicted David Munchinski
By Bill Moushey
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Rebuking Fayette County prosecutors for numerous constitutional violations and stating David Munchinski “has prevailed in his gateway claim of innocence,” a federal judge has ordered a new trial in …
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"... a perverse injustice has been done." -- Attorney Noah Geary
By Bill Moushey
bmoushey@pointpark.edu
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- From the time he was implicated in a 1977 drug-related double-murder, David Munchinski has claimed innocence and that he was framed by a lying, double-dealing informer who later hanged himself in an Oklahoma jail.
He maintained that stance during his first trial that …
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds U.S. Disctrict Court Dismissal of Claim
November 5, 2007
The United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied David Munchinski's appeal of a U.S. District Court decision dismissing his lawsuit which alleged six violations of his constitutional rights as well as state tort claims against former district attorneys and retired detectives and police …
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Lies, Obfuscation, Deceit are Cast Aside by Appeals Panel
By Bill Moushey
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Two1986 murder convictions against David J. Munchinski have been upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, who refused to take up 30 years of arguments over whether the former Latrobe man’s rights were irreparably harmed by prosecutorial misdeeds and perjured …
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August 2005
A former Latrobe man whose double murder convictions were reversed by one court and reinstated by another has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to intervene.
In a 32-page petition with more than 500 pages of exhibits, David Munchinski’s lawyer claims a three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court erred last month in reinstating his convictions because it …
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By Bill Moushey
Dec. 15, 2005
Director, Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Ruling a lower court judge improperly re-hashed previously litigated evidence and ruled on allegations of prosecutorial misdeeds and perjured testimony that were unlawfully filed late, an appeals court reinstated a 1986 double-murder conviction yesterday against David J. Munchinski.
The unanimous …
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
A former Latrobe man who remains incarcerated on a double murder conviction despite a judge’s reversal of it last fall has filed a federal suit claiming lawmen in Fayette County violated his civil rights by withholding and altering evidence that could have cleared him in the 1977 murders.
David J. Munchinski, who remains incarcerated while appeals of a …
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