William Franklin appeared in court after the Philly DA's office appealed the decision to overturn his 1982 murder conviction.
During his court appearance on Friday, March 22, Franklin, 77, and his attorneys asked if the conditions surrounding his house arrest could be eased in order to allow him to work for a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into society. The Commonwealth said they were against allowing him to leave house arrest, however, since he still faces murder charges.
Franklin's defense attorney claimed jailhouse informants incorrectly identified him as a murder suspect after detectives provided them drugs and sex in exchange for testimony.that homicide detectives told Emmanuel “Manny” Claitt – who was charged in multiple criminal cases -- that he could avoid serious jail time if he testified that Franklin killed Joseph Hollis in the city’s Brewerytown neighborhood in 1976.
The Inquirer reported that a large factor in the decision to vacate the conviction was because Claitt recanted his testimony before he died in 2020.When asked how he felt about seeing his family members for the first time in decades, Franklin said he felt"fine" while also acknowledging the work that still needed to be done.
On Wednesday, March 6, however, the District Attorney's Appeals Unit filed a notice of appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in response to Judge Brandeis-Roman's decision to vacate Franklin's murder conviction.
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