Legal Opinion
CARSON v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 8, 2024No. 2:23-cv-02661Unknown
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SAMUEL CARSON : CIVIL ACTION : v. : No. 23-2661 : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al. : MEMORANDUM Judge Juan R. Sánchez May 8, 2024 In 1995, Samuel Carson was sentenced to death for capital murder after a trial in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. In 2011, his death sentence was commuted to life in prison, and in 2021, his conviction was overturned after exculpatory evidence came to light. Instead of retrying Carson, the District Attorney of Philadelphia offered him a plea deal. Having already spent 28 years…
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