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Judge Sarokin on False Confessions - Norfolk Four, Tonight on Frontline

By Steve Hall

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Retired Federal Judge H. Lee Sarokin posts, "Why Do Innocent People Confess to Crimes They Did Not Commit?," at Huffington Post. The answer all too often is coercion, intimidation, deceit and trickery. All of those techniques were employed to obtain the conviction of four innocent sailors for the rape and murder of a woman in Norfolk, Virginia. Danial Williams after only 11 days of marriage was arrested and charged with the crime. After relentless questioning and threats for 11 hours, he confessed. When the confession did not fit the actual facts, he was again questioned and convinced to alter his confession to jibe with those facts. Because Williams' DNA failed to match any at the crime scene, the police next interrogated his roommate, Joe Dick...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 09, 2010 (boomark / email).

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