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Protest at yogurt shop case hearing for Michael Scott

By "Persian Cowboy"

TELL TRAVIS COUNTY: DROP ALL THE CHARGES, BRING THEM HOME NOW!Wednesday, May 14th at 1PMTravis County Courthouse Plaza, off Lavaca between 10th and 11th.Things are heating up in the Yogurt Shop case! As many of you may know, long time CEDP member Jeannine Scott is fighting for her husband Michael Scott, who was wrongfully imprisoned for murder in this case. Several years ago, 4 teenage girls were murdered in an Austin area yogurt shop. 8 years and dozens of false confessions later, 4 young men were indicted for the murders. With no physical evidence, Robert Springsteen was sent to death row and Michael Scott given life. Two other men were not even taken to trial. The basis of the convictions were ?confessions? from Mike and Robert, which have been shown to have been coerced Although both men refused to testify against each other, each of their so-called confessions were used in the other?s trial as evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).