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DNA Tests Clear Wrongfully Convicted Half-Brothers After 30 Years

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Quite true.

Mentally disabled teens being questioned by cops, without any legal representation?

Sure, sounds like the right way to get a confession to me.

I'm a supporter of the death penalty, but I also support there being a lot of chances to appeal, because I want to be darn sure the person being executed is actually guilty of what they were convicted of.

Based on the new evidence and what I now know of the case, I'd say there is a good possibility the two brothers were wrongly convicted.
 
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MachZer0

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Noting said cops sticking to their story is not surprising.
Sticking to the truth should never be surprising. Changing one's story trying to save one's rear end shouldn't be surprising either. So it isn't much of a surprise that some stories did change
 
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Sticking to the truth should never be surprising. Changing one's story trying to save one's rear end shouldn't be surprising either. So it isn't much of a surprise that some stories did change

You mean you have never heard of guilty people professing their innocence? You actually find such an act to be surprising?
 
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Sticking to the truth should never be surprising. Changing one's story trying to save one's rear end shouldn't be surprising either. So it isn't much of a surprise that some stories did change

Well, the latest evidence tells a different tale, of how likely it is the cops got the truth.
 
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Sticking to the truth should never be surprising. Changing one's story trying to save one's rear end shouldn't be surprising either. So it isn't much of a surprise that some stories did change

Are you for the practice of cops interrogating mentally handicapped teens without legal representation?
 
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Sticking to the truth should never be surprising. Changing one's story trying to save one's rear end shouldn't be surprising either. So it isn't much of a surprise that some stories did change


Are you claiming that you know the truth in this case?
 
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We know that the two perps are liars. That tells us a lot.

If the two brothers are mentally handicapped and were not give legal council prior to the confessions, then it really looks like the police involved in the original case and the original prosecutor have both been caught lieing.
 
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DNA Tests Clear Wrongfully Convicted Half-Brothers After 30 Years

Not only is the death penalty inherently cruel and leaves no room for error to correct an erroneous conviction, it makes no economic sense for cash strapped levels of government.
 
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Not only does the death penalty inherently cruel and leaves no room for error to correct an erroneous conviction, it makes no economic sense for cash strapped levels of government.

Agree. From what I understand, death penalties, are most costly than life in prison sentences. Also, I don't believe it is a deterrent anyway.
 
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We know that the two perps are liars. That tells us a lot.


You seem to keep giving me answers to questions I did not ask instead of answering the ones I did. Some might see that as deceptive. Are you claiming to know the truth in this case?
 
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You seem to keep giving me answers to questions I did not ask instead of answering the ones I did. Some might see that as deceptive. Are you claiming to know the truth in this case?
Some of the truth, yes. I'm not privy to all the facts. The truth is that the only evidence presented is that a cigarette butt was found. Hardly earth shattering
 
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Some of the truth, yes. I'm not privy to all the facts. The truth is that the only evidence presented is that a cigarette butt was found. Hardly earth shattering

*Sigh*

As has been stated a zillion times, there were the coerced confessions that in of themselves were not factually correct. You seem hung up on the confessions, when the confessions themselves weren't correct!

Thank goodness we don't have you deciding these things. Thankfully justice prevailed in this case.
 
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