DNA Tests Clear Wrongfully Convicted Half-Brothers After 30 Years

[Loudmouth]

Meantime, a little girl never got the chance to see lots of things that other little girls get to see

Therefore, round up the nearest mentally impaired brothers and throw them in jail?

 

[bhsmte]

Difficult to coerce such a concise confession

Read the article I posted, the confession had some false information and was not as precise, as you claim.

 

[bhsmte]

Therefore, round up the nearest mentally impaired brothers and throw them in jail?

Reminds me of the movie; The Ox Bow Incident.

 

[OGM]

Read the article I posted, the confession had some false information and was not as precise, as you claim.

Indeed...that case was a mess. Reminds me of the Central Park Jogger Case of the 1980's.

 

[Brigid48]

Meantime, a little girl never got the chance to see lots of things that other little girls get to see

And two mentally ill people (teenagers at the start) who were coerced by police into false confessions, haven't been able to see 30 years worth of things that other people their ages get to see.

 

[MachZer0]

And two mentally ill people (teenagers at the start) who were coerced by police into false confessions, haven't been able to see 30 years worth of things that other people their ages get to see.

Allegedly coerced

 

[OGM]

MachZer0, was is your take on the case? Do you think they are in fact guilty?

 

[Brigid48]

Allegedly coerced

Coerced. Period.

 

[MachZer0]

Coerced. Period.

Give an example of the coercion used

 

[MachZer0]

MachZer0, was is your take on the case? Do you think they are in fact guilty?

My take is that they had a fair trial including an appeal process and were found guilty based on the evidence. Now they're being released because of a cigarette butt found near the scene. That doesn't make sense

 

[cow451]

Difficult to coerce such a concise confession

Now you're just embarrassing yourself.

 

[cow451]

Many also recant confessions even though they're guilty. Simply stated, there really wasn't enough DNA evidence provided to overturn the convictions as far as I can see

Then put on some glasses. Coerced confessions of people that are mentally incapacitated in the absence of ANY physical evidence that would put them at the crime scene.

 

[cow451]

Meantime, a little girl never got the chance to see lots of things that other little girls get to see

So somebody has to pay, guilty or not.

 

[MachZer0]

So somebody has to pay, guilty or not.

They were founf guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, and that verdict held up under appeal

 

[MachZer0]

Then put on some glasses. Coerced confessions of people that are mentally incapacitated in the absence of ANY physical evidence that would put them at the crime scene.

Nobody's been able to provide any examples of said coercion. An for the record, the judges and juries didn't buy it

 

[Belk]

Difficult to coerce such a concise confession

You are an expert on coerced confessions now?

 

[Hetta]

There are many reasons why the death penalty should be removed permanently from the books, and this is just one of them.

 

[HorsieJuice]

My take is that they had a fair trial including an appeal process and were found guilty based on the evidence. Now they're being released because of a cigarette butt found near the scene. That doesn't make sense

The cigarette butt DNA would've provided reasonable doubt had it been available at the earlier trial.

 

[cow451]

They were founf guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, and that verdict held up under appeal

Now that verdict is thrown out. If there was sufficiant evidence to counter the DNA results, the Judge would simply deny the motion. Or, the judge could order a retrial. In essence, the judge is ruling that there would not likely have been a conviction had this evidence been available at the time of the original trial and appeal.

The judicial process does not cap the number of appeals. In each case, a judge or panel can deny the request.

 

[MachZer0]

You are an expert on coerced confessions now?

Noting the paucity of responses to requests for evidence of said coercion