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Ex-Philly detective James Pitts is charged with perjury, alleging he lied about a coerced confession

A grand jury recommended charges based on Pitts' testimony that he never touched Obina Onyiah, who had signed a confession but was later exonerated of a 2010 murder.

Detective James Pitts in a 2011 Inquirer photograph.
Detective James Pitts in a 2011 Inquirer photograph.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer