Juries mull recanted statements in Pennsylvania cases
Updated: 12:20 PM EDT May 24, 2021 By SAMANTHA MELAMED, The Philadelphia Inquirer The first time Derrick Spivey learned about "Bradying" was at his own preliminary hearing, facing a charge of first-degree murder.The sole witness at the 2009 hearing was a former high school classmate of Spivey's who, a year earlier, had signed a statement that Spivey fatally shot Marvin Hudson, 21. Now that witness, Rahman "Rock" Isaac, testified that his statement was a fabrication by detectives, one that he'd signed under duress. In fact, he testified, he had ducked for cover and did not see...
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