Hassan Bennett was put on trial for murder four times. This time, he called a homicide detective to the stand to accuse him of coercing witnesses.
Hassan Bennett, right, pictured with his father in Philadelphia after being acquitted of second-degree murder. By Meagan Flynn Meagan Flynn Morning Mix reporter Email Bio Follow May 9 at 7:13 AM Wearing a suit felt like a sham.
“I was sitting in the holding cell thinking, after five minutes, what’s taking so long?” he said. “When the jury came in and they called me up, I already knew it was a not-guilty verdict.” In their original statements to police, both Dade and Ford identified Bennett as the shooter — but later, at Bennett’s trial, they recanted, saying a homicide detective coerced them into making the statements.
From then on, Bennett’s casual study of the legal system turned rigorous. To teach himself to write in legalese, he sought the help of his cellmate, nicknamed “Brother Mook” — a legal-savvy mentor who would rip up Bennett’s handwritten draft petitions into tiny shreds if he failed to write them in the proper format. “He was like my Yoda,” Bennett said.
But Bennett said he was not crushed. By the time trial No. 4 rolled around, he was feeling more at ease than ever, as though a guilty verdict weren’t a possibility.
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