The pending perjury trial of three retired Philadelphia police detectives could prove an exception, if they themselves are not cleared by alleged mistakes by District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office.
Former detectives Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski have asked a judge to dismiss the case.
That trial testimony was still fair game when Krasner, a civil rights lawyer focused on criminal justice reform, took office in 2018.
He charged the Wright detectives in 2021, days before the five-year deadline expired.
Last year, a mistake by prosecutors sank a police perjury case in Manhattan, when a judge halted the trial over their failure to turn over evidence to the defense.
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Larry Krasner’s, Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago, Frank Jastrzembski, Krasner, exoneree Anthony Wright, Wright, Krasner's, Sam Silver, Devlin, —, acquitting, Santiago, “ We’re, we’re, ”, Alan J, Tauber, There's, Marissa Bluestine, “, Bluestine, Maurice Possley, Lucretia Clemons, Brian McMonagle, ” Santiago
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