Law Enforcement Action Partnership - LEAP

This brief is in support of the petitioner, Mr. Coffey, who is suing under the Post Conviction Relief Act to challenge his wrongful conviction that resulted from coercive investigation tactics. More on his case here. Our brief explains: (1) how coercive interrogation tactics are likely to result in wrongful convictions; and (2) Philadelphia Police Department's documented practice of using coercive investigation tactics to obtain false accusations in the '80s and '90s.

Reed v. Goertz deals with the case of Rodney Reed, who was convicted of murder after police declined to test key pieces of evidence for DNA and investigate other suspects (including the victim's police officer fiancé). There were numerous investigation failures and testi-lying about those failures by the law enforcement officers involved in the case. You can read more about Mr. Reed's fight for exoneration here.