Legal Opinion
SPELLMAN v. PITTS
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 9, 2024No. 2:23-cv-03342Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA INDIA SPELLMAN : CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff : NO. 21-1334 : NO. 23-3342 v. : : FORMER DET. JAMES PITTS, et : al. : Defendants : NITZA I. QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO, J. MAY 9, 2024 MEMORANDUM OPINION INTRODUCTION Imagine spending over a decade in prison for a crime that you knew you did not commit. That is what Plaintiff India Spellman (“Plaintiff”) alleges she endured for twelve years, four months, and three weeks, commencing when she was just seventeen years old, after police officers allegedly coerced her and a…
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