Posted on 02/17/2015 5:25:12 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 64-year-old man who was freed from prison last year, after prosecutors dropped charges in a 1982 double murder case, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Northwestern University, accusing a former professor and his team of railroading him into a false confession.
Alstory Simon, 64, spent more than 15 years behind bars, after he confessed to killing Marilyn Green and her fiancé Jerry Hillard in 1982.
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I can’t imagine anyone confessing to a crime they did not commit but it does happen and apparently quite a lot.
Good lord, read the story and it’s several liberal-social justice causes/activists piled one on top of another.
“I can’t imagine anyone confessing to a crime they did not commit but it does happen and apparently quite a lot.”
If you do not ask for an attorney then big brother’s thugs will ‘interrogate’ you until you break down and simply want the thuggery to end.
Sounds like they convinced him to confess so they could step in and save the day to make big names for themselves.
Confusing story.
Holy crap.
After a 3rd reading of this story it appears that one man had been sentenced to death and the second man was convinced by these social justice pimps to confess to get the first guy out of prison.
It looks likely that inmate number 1 may have been guilty but is now free and clear because he’s been pardoned.
The scumbags who convinced the second guy to confess should all go to prison for the rest of their miserable lives. Every social justice program in the country should be erased from every public school budget in the country and the “teachers” fired.
Then after it all, uber corrupt Gov. Ryan pardons the real perp!
Like you, several readings were necessary, and I think you nailed it. The payday ... $40 million.
This should be major nationwide news and should be ending the career of every social justice pimp in the country.
I cannot believe how bad this is and nobody is talking about it.
“I can’t imagine anyone confessing to a crime they did not commit but it does happen and apparently quite a lot.”
The police can be quite devious and apply a lot of pressure when seeking a confession. Sometimes too much. They also threaten people with much worse penalties if they deny their guilt and go to trial rather than confessing.
I would say that I would never confess to something that I didn’t do, but I’m a reasonably intelligent person with some knowledge of my rights, and I’ve never been on the receiving end of police interrogation tactics.
Pound Sand, you little weasel.
You confessed for reasons of profit.
You rolled the dice, took the fall for something you didn’t do and came up craps.
Go live a life making an honest dollar.
Loser.
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