In 1996, a man by the name of Hulan Bernard Howard allowed separate dealers to sell crack

from the front porch and basement of his home in the crime-ridden neighborhood of West

Philadelphia.

While his girlfriends being a law's wood by crack from anyone she could, at around 10

30 pm on August 6th, Ms. Laws invited small-time dealer Jamar Glatton over to buy some crack.

Just then, another of Mr. Howard's dealers, Jamel Lawson, along with a man known as Stink,

entered the home, both armed to settle a drug dead.

They shot and killed Mr. Howard and robbed their small-time rival, Jamar Glatton, in the

process.

With the eyewitness testimony of Ms. Laws who had just smoked crack, investigators would

manufacture a theory of events that would place Jamar Glatton as acting along with the

two armed robbers, Jamel Lawson and Stink.

But who was Stink?

Well, Jamar's childhood friend, Terence Lewis, was known as Stink and an anonymous tip

would name Terence as the other armed robber.

Surprise, it didn't quite matter to the Philadelphia police that he wasn't the right one.

All three men were sentenced to life without parole on the word of Ms. Laws.

Eventually, those several eyewitnesses, including both of his co-defendants, would come forward

to deny Terence's involvement.

Two Supreme Court rulings would also aid his cause.

And then, working together, Terence's lawyers, along with the Philadelphia Convection

Integrity Unit led by Patricia Cummings, would uncover a serious Brady violation revealing

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