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He was jailed in 2001 after cops Marvin Vinson and Dennis Zungolo testified against him They claim they found him raping a woman in an alley near a hospital and that he shot at them when they confronted him In fact, he d run to the woman s aid when he heard her screaming and the real rapist ran away He also says he never had a gun and that the cops planted it on him to justify shooting him The cop was registered to another Philadelphia cop who d never reported it missing The two cops who testified against him are still working on the force ....
Termaine Joseph Hicks exonerated after 19 years in prison inquirer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Termaine Joseph Hicks freed after 19 years in prison on false rape claims by Philadelphia police washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Black man in Philadelphia was exonerated on Wednesday and released after 19 years in prison for a rape that a new division in the prosecutor s office ultimately determined he did not commit. The Philadelphia District Attorney s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) agreed with Termaine Joseph Hicks, 45, and his lawyers that the case against him was contradicted by forensic evidence and based on false statements, according to court documents submitted Tuesday. Hicks, who goes by Jermaine Weeks in court documents, was responding to a woman screaming in an alley when police arrived and shot him three times in 2001. Hicks and his lawyers had asserted that the actual rapist fled the scene before Hicks arrived. Hicks was convicted and sentenced to 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison. ....