Major George Tillery
A Case of Gross Prosecutorial
Misconduct and Police Corruption
Sexual Favors and Hotel Rooms
Provided by Police to Prosecution Fact Witness for Fabricated Testimony During
Trial
By Nancy Lockhart, M.J.
August 24,
2016
Although this is a small sampling of decades long corruption
throughout the state of Pennsylvania, Major George Tillery has languished in
prison over 31 years because of prosecutorial misconduct and police corruption.
Tillery was tried and convicted in 1985 in a trial where prosecutors and police
created a textbook criminal story for bogus convictions. William Franklin was
charged as a co-conspirator in the shootings, he was tried and convicted in
December of 1980, because he refused to lie on Tillery. Franklin is 69 years old according to the
PADOC website and has been in prison 36 years.
Major Tillery Is Not
Represented by an Attorney and Needs Your Assistance to Retain One. Donate to Major Tillery's Legal Defense
FundMajor Tillery, PA DOC# AM9786, will turn 66-years-old on
September 9, 2016 and has spent over three decades in prison for crimes he did
not commit. Twenty of those 31 plus years were spent in solitary confinement. Tillery
has endured many very serious medical issues and medical neglect. Currently, he is plagued with serious illnesses
that include hepatitis C, stubborn skin rashes, dangerous intestinal disorders
and a degenerative hip. His orthopedic shoes were taken by prison
administrators and never returned.
Tillery, was convicted of homicide, assault, weapons and
conspiracy charges in 1985, for the poolroom shootings which left one man dead
and another wounded. William Franklin was the pool room operator at the time. The
shooting occurred on October 22, 1976.
Falsified testimony was the only evidence presented during
trial. No other evidence linked Tillery to the 1976 shootings, except for the
testimony of two jailhouse informants. Both men swore that they had received no
promises, agreements, or deals in exchange for their testimony. Barbra
Christie, the trial prosecutor, insisted to the Court and Jury that these
witnesses were not given any plea agreements or sentencing promises. That was
untrue.
Newly discovered evidence
is the sole basis for Tillery’s latest Pro Se filing. According to the Post
Conviction Relief Petition Filed June 15, 2016, evidence proves that the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania committed fraud on the Court and Jury which
undermined the fundamentals of due process. The newly discovered evidence in
sworn declarations is from two prosecution fact witnesses. Those two witnesses
provided the entirety of trial evidence against Major Tillery. The declarations
explain false testimonies manufactured by the prosecution with the assistance
of police detectives/investigators. On August 19, 2016 Judge Leon Tucker filed
a Notice of Intent to Dismiss Major's PCRA petition. Notice
to Dismiss
Emanuel Claitt Has
Come Forth to Declare His Testimony as Manufactured and Fabricated by Police
and Prosecutors. Claitt states that his testimony during trial was
fabricated and coerced by Assistant District Attorney Barbara Christie,
Detectives John Cimino and James McNeshy.
Claitt swore that he was promised a very favorable plea agreement and
treatment in his pending criminal cases.
Claitt was granted sexual favors in exchange for his false testimony.
Claitt states that he was allowed to have sex with four different women in the homicide interview rooms and in hotel
rooms in exchange for his cooperation.
Prosecution fact witness Emanuel Claitt states in his Declaration
of Emanuel Claitt, and Emanuel
Claitt Supplemental Declaration that testimony against Major Tillery was
fabricated, coerced and coached by Assistant District Attorney’s Leonard Ross,
Barbara Christie, and Roger King with the assistance of Detectives Larry
Gerrad, Ernest Gilbert, and Lt. Bill Shelton. Claitt was threatened with false murder
charges as well as, given promises and agreements of favorable plea deals and
sentencing. In exchange for his false testimony, many of Claitt’s cases were
not prosecuted. He received probation. Additionally, he was sentenced to a mere
18 months for fire bombing and was protected after his arrest between the time
of Franklin’s and Tillery’s trials.
Trial Lawyer Operated
Under Actual Conflict of Interest. Tillery discovered that his trial
lawyer, Joseph Santaguida, also represented the victim. In other words, the
victim in this case was represented by trial lawyer Santaguida and Santaguida
also represented Major Tillery. The
Commonwealth has concealed newly discovered evidence as well as, evidence which
would have been favorable to Major Tillery in the criminal trial. That evidence
would have exonerated him. In light of the new Declarations which prove
manufactured testimony by prosecutors and police, Major Tillery needs legal
representation. He is not currently represented by an attorney.
Donate: Major
Tillery’s Legal Defense Fund: Click
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About Nancy Lockhart - A Legal Analyst
specializing in cases of wrongful convictions and grave injustices. I've publicized many cases, with
positive measurable results. Willie Manning, Marissa Alexander and The
Mississippi Scott Sisters are among a few. A stay of execution was granted for
Willie Manning, freedom for the Scott Sisters and pro bono attorneys for
Marissa Alexander. I hold a Master of Jurisprudence - Loyola University Chicago
School of Law, a B.A. Degree - Clark Atlanta University and Certificate of
Technology and Writing from Bread Loaf School of English - Vermont. As a former
third generation public school teacher I followed the tradition of creating
"outside the box" teaching strategies for students labeled learning
disabled and emotionally disturbed. My consciousness and disapproval of the
"school to prison pipeline" led to work with juvenile delinquents. As
1994, Reader's Digest DeWitt Wallace Fellow - I created strategies to integrate
technology and writing in rural South Carolina
