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The defendant who lied did so because he felt threatened and hoped by turning on his friend he would be let go. It’s easy to understand how a 15 year old being questioned without a lawyer would feel scared. The police most likely grilled him for hours and even roughed him up a bit until he broke down and signed a false statement just to be done with the questioning.

That is pretty much what Yarbough has said and that is why he doesn’t hold a grudge against
Wilson. Simply because he knows they did the same thing to Wilson that they did to him.

The CNN article at the link gives more detail that is in the excerpt for the thread.

Look at the facts presented in that article. The defendant who lied was 15 years old at the time. Both the CNN article and a lot of the Freepers posting on this thread have painted a picture of the police and prosecutor sweating this kid to get a confession out of him, but I find that highly unlikely. For one thing, a minor can't make any agreements with the police or prosecutor without the consent of a parent or court-appointed guardian. The police can't even interrogate a minor alone, and any "confession" obtained this way would have been thrown out in court. Maybe the CNN people who covered this story should do a little digging to see what that uncovers.

Ten bucks says this kid had his mother down at the police station as soon as he was arrested, and SHE convinced him that it would be a good idea to throw his cousin under the bus.