Daily News | Second exoneration in a week tied to misconduct by fired Philly homicide detective
For the second time in a week, a murder case involving allegations of misconduct by former Philadelphia homicide detective James Pitts, who is facing perjury charges, has ended with an exoneration.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office had for years opposing Goodwin’s petitions as “meritless.” But in May 2022 — a year after The Inquirer featured Goodwin’s case in Goodwin’s is at least the 10th case involving Pitts that has been dropped, dismissed, or overturned. The detective is now facing charges including perjury in connection with the trial of Obina Onyiah, a man who said Pitts beat him until he confessed to murder. Onyiah was, based on an expert analysis of surveillance video that concluded he could not have been the gunman.
At Goodwin’s trial, the jury heard from the two eyewitnesses that they were questioned for more than 12 hours, and faced threats and even assault.
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