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May 30, 2021 · Riddick, who served over 29 years of a life sentence, was released from prison on Friday after his attorney argued that evidence was not shared with the defense at the time of the initial trial. Now, he plans to help young people who are incarcerated make a better future for themselves.
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Outside the court building, Riddick reunited with his family and close friends — and with the group of Georgetown University alumni and faculty who helped advocate for his release. Riddick was the subject of a 2019 short documentary and online campaign by Alexander Buffone, Kendell Long, and Taylor Riddick (no relation to Eric Riddick). At the time...
In January 1992, Riddick was arrested and charged with the murder of William Catlett, his childhood friend, two months prior in southwest Philadelphia. The state’s case centered on testimony from a single eyewitness, Shawn Stevenson, who told police that he saw Riddick shoot Catlett from a fire escape. In 1999, Stevenson recanted his statement, wri...
Riddick’s mother Christine, his wife Dana, and their family have been in a long fight for Eric’s freedom and have been supported by grassroots organizers and even rapper Meek Mill, who got to know Riddick while they were both incarcerated. An online petitionorganized by the Georgetown students gained over 500,000 signatures. Philadelphia Council Me...
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May 28, 2021 · Eric Riddick, center, accompanied by his mother Christine Riddick, left, and wife Dana Baker-Riddick walks from a courthouse in Philadelphia on Friday, May 28, 2021, after spending nearly three decades in prison for a murder he says he did not commit.
May 28, 2021 · In the summer of 1992, Riddick was convicted of murdering his childhood friend William Catlett based on the testimony of a single eyewitness, and was sentenced to life in prison.
A Court of Common Pleas judge vacated Eric Riddick’s 1992 first-degree murder conviction after his attorneys argued that evidence had not been shared with the defense during his initial trial.
A man who was serving life in prison for a 1991 slaying in Philadelphia was freed Friday after a lengthy legal battle.
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May 29, 2021 · Riddick was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the November 1991 shooting death of 20-year-old William Catlett.
