Philadelphia homicide detectives serving on the force during the 1980s offered jailhouse informants sex and drugs in exchange for testimonies - true or false - in murder cases, according to an explosive new report. A Philadelphia Inquirer expose claims homicide detectives in the 1980s offered inmates access to sex and drugs at the Police Administration Building, known as the Roundhouse (pictured), in exchange for incriminating statements that would help them close murder cases'We went in an interrogation room. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office would not comment on the cases concerning allegations of coerced testimony. A Philadelphia Police Department representative would only say that 'the Department has taken steps to ensure the integrity of investigations remain intact.' Michael Chitwood, a Philadelphia homicide detective who was on the force during the 1980s, told the Inquirer that he heard rumors of informants being offered sex in exchange for statements but never had proof of that.

Source: Daily Mail July 20, 2021 21:06 UTC