Philadelphia Man Who Was Released After Serving 44 Years in Prison May Face a New Trial

William Franklin, recently released after serving 44 years in prison, could walk from a Philadelphia courtroom an exonerated man on Friday, or he may face another trial for a 1976 murder he says he did not commit.
His 1980 conviction based on tainted testimony was overturned after the lone eyewitness against him recanted. His conviction dates to a high-crime era when police and prosecutors were so intent to sew up unsolved homicides that they coerced vulnerable witnesses to fabricate stories and frame innocent Black men.
Many such cases have been exposed by District Attorney Larry Krasner, a former defense attorney, since he was elected in Philadelphia in November 2017. Krasner’s office has exonerated 43 wrongfully convicted prisoners – 38 of them Black, three Latino and two white. But Krasner’s office has so far told the court it will seek a new trial for Franklin.
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