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A Lying Cop

By Brian Tannebaum

Our criminal justice system is totally screwed up. No, I didn't just realize that, it's what keeps me doing what I do, defending the constitutional rights of those who are drawn into the system through arrest, or investigation. It is getting worse though.Last week brought us this story about a teenage suspect who secretly recorded his interrogation on an MP3 player. The detective has been charged with perjury because he, oops, didn't know the kid was recording this interrogation and went into court and testified under oath that that the suspect "wasn't questioned" about a shooting. A transcript of the, hmmmmm, different facts, showed that he tried for more than an hour to persuade the kid Erik Crespo to confess. During the false testimony of the detective, prosecutors asked for a recess and advised the lying cop to get a lawyer to represent him in his 12-count perjury indictment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on December 09, 2007 (boomark / email).