[investigateworld]

Refusal to interview suspect?

Beyond bizarre. No investigator would ever pass up a chance to get statements that could be used to impeach the defendant.
This whole case has brought a black eye to Lawn 'forcement and the South in general.

[Neverforget01]

Can a refusal to hear exculpatory evidence be considered a breach of civil rights?

[Jezebelle]

The refusal to interview the suspects after they were id'd is a glaring signpost in the conspiracy to railroad these guys for political purposes.

The cops' refusal to interview the id'd suspects is bizarre and is so completely at odds with the understood purpose and practice of professional criminal investigation, it screams "conspiracy." The failure to interview cannot be written off to incompetence or neglect in view of the vast publicity the case received before the id's were even made. Found in the limelight, even a so-so (lazy) investigator would have been following Investigations 101 and working overtime poring over every small detail and every syllable written or spoken to get it right if s/he was a straight shooter.