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Confession Suppression: Why we need the exclusionary rule

Defense attorney Katherine Scardino, blogging over at Women In Crime Ink, says a Texas death row inmate "hit the jackpot" when a federal judge granted a new trial because of police misconduct. Writes Scardino, the defendant:is currently in the process of being removed from Death Row and returned to the Harris County Jail. His name is Robert Fratta. Our own Kelly Seigler was the prosecutor.In 1994, Robert Fratta was accused of hiring two men to kill his wife. The couple was going through a very contentious divorce/custody fight during that time, and Fratta apparently made several statements to friends about him wanting her dead.Fratta?s two co-defendants were Howard Guidry and Joseph Prystash. All three men received death sentences.In all capital cases where the jury has sentenced an individual to death, there is an automatic direct appeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 16, 2008 (boomark / email).