A Symbol of Resilience and Determination, Robert Outlaw Was Exonerated Today After Serving Nearly 16 Years For A Murder He Didn't Commit
Edward J. Foster, Esquire of Counsel with The Law Office of Alva & Shuttleworth, LLC Working with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project as well as Patricia Cummings, Chief of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit Has Overturned a Wrongful Conviction for Robert Outlaw an Innocent Man Convicted and Imprisoned for nearly Sixteen Years for a Murder He Did Not Commit.
On January 29, 2019 the Honorable Diana L. Anhalt of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County ordered that the 2004 conviction of Robert Outlaw be vacated and he be granted a new trial after hearing from multiple witnesses and examining evidence over a two-day evidentiary hearing that took place on November 15 and 16 of 2018.