CROSLAND v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CURTIS CROSLAND, : Plaintiff, : : CIVIL ACTION v. : No. 22-2416 : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., : Defendants. : June 8, 2023 Anita B. Brody, J. MEMORANDUM Curtis Crosland spent nearly thirty-four years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He alleges that his wrongful conviction and imprisonment were the result of serious misconduct by Philadelphia Police Department officers, who ignored alternate suspects, credited an unreliable informant, pressured a witness into giving false testimony, and concealed crucial…