Whitley Sues for Malicious Prosecution
Exonerated Man Wants Damages for 18 Years in Prison
By Bill Moushey
The Innocence Institute of Point Park University
A man exonerated last year by DNA evidence after serving 18 years in prison for a heinous 1987 killing has filed a malicious prosecution suit in federal court against Allegheny County and six of its homicide detectives and accuses a …
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Whitley Sues Allegheny County
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Whitley Finds the Cost of Freedom
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Exonerated by DNA Evidence, But Set Free With Nothing
May 12, 2006
By Bill Moushey
Drew Whitley never before met the young woman who approached him outside his mother’s Braddock apartment yesterday, gently shook his hand and muttered: “God bless you.”
Just days after Mr. Whitley emerged from 18-years in prison because DNA tests proved he was not the man who brutally murdered a …
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Whitley Freed May 1, 2006
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by Bill Moushey
Taking in freedom after 18 years of incarceration for a murder he didn’t do, Drew Whitley gazed longingly towards his mother Hattie, thanked her for not only helping him fight his personal war for exoneration but for consoling him in his darkest hours.
“I got a little weary at times, and I would call mom, she was always there, keeping me focused throughout this …
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Free At Last
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
DNA exonerations are becoming oft-repeated refrains in the halls of justice. Freedom sounds like a sweet lullaby.
Eighteen lonely years of Drew Whitley's life have been wrongly taken -- squandered in prison. Not once, but twice evidence from DNA testing has shown Mr. Whitley, 50, didn't kill Noreen Malloy, the night manager at a fast-food …
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Drew Whitley To Be Free
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Eighteen years after Drew Whitley was imprisoned for life in the 1988 murder of a McDonald’s night manager, prosecutors are poised to ask a judge to free the former West Mifflin man after a second round of DNA tests indicated he was not responsible for the killing.
Yesterday, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. asked a judge to vacate Mr. Whitley’s 2nd Degree murder …
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New Testing In Drew Whitley Case
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New Testing in Drew Whitley Case
March 22, 2006
New DNA testing of five hairs found inside a hat worn by the killer of a night manager of a McDonalds near Kennywood Park in 1988 is part of a review to determine whether a man who has served 18 years for the crime should be released, re-tried or left to serve his life sentence.
The new tests were disclosed yesterday during a status conference …
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Appeal Filed Based on New Evidence
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Drew Whitley's Attorney Files Appeal Based On New Evidence
March 8, 2006
By Bill Moushey, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Claiming DNA tests prove Drew Whitley is innocent of the brutal 1988 slaying of a McDonald’s restaurant night manager near Kennywood Park, his lawyer today asked an Allegheny County judge to free him from 18 years of imprisonment or grant him a new trial.
In a 17-page …
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DNA Evidence Excludes Whitley
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DNA in '88 killing doesn't match that of convicted man
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
DNA testing has raised doubts about the conviction of Drew Whitley, who has served nearly 18 years of a life sentence for the 1988 murder of restaurant manager Noreen Malloy at the McDonald's near Kennywood Park.
Six hairs found in a stocking mask believed worn by the …
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Hair Tested in Whitley Case
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Hair to be tested for DNA in 1988 Conviction
Thursday, September 22, 2005
By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Allegheny County district attorney's office said yesterday it will not oppose DNA testing in a 1988 homicide case, signaling a change in policy that grew out of the recent exoneration of Homewood man on a wrongful rape conviction.
District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. …
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U.S. Third Circuit Court Denies Appeal
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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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