Is it Over?
by on 30 March, 2010 at 19:30.Filed under St. Johns Arizona Double Homicide
Keep in mind that when the wrong person is coerced into pleading to a crime, the real perpetrators are still out there. They will act again.
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Keep in mind that when the wrong person is coerced into pleading to a crime, the real perpetrators are still out there. They will act again.
Read MoreWags are wondering what would motivate an eight‑year‑old to murder two adult men. Instead, they should wonder if the police got it right.
Read MoreThe completion of the interrogation of Brendan Dassey at the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department contained even more leading and feeding by the interrogators.
Read MoreThe confession from this interrogation was used in edited form at the trial of Brendan Dassey. Investigators and the State had a warrant ready to search the Avery property again, and this interrogation was needed to retroactively justify it. The two interrogators guided Dassey to supply statements they needed and at times told him what they wanted to hear. Investigators wanted to look for evidence of shooting, so Investigator Mark Wiegert told Dassey that Teresa Halbach was shot in the head.
Read MoreOn the morning of 1 March, 2006, lead investigators for the prosecution picked up Brendan Dassey from his school to take him to an interrogation. They stopped at his home to get a pair of jeans they believed implicated Dassey in the murder of Teresa Halbach. The jeans did not contain supporting evidence.
Read MoreTexas authorities and Texan Baptists are removing females from a Texas community considered to be a polygamy haven. Are these two entities planning a mini Srebrenica?
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