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Tag Archives: False Confession
UK still letting Reprieve do the heavy lifting on human rights
Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8160 For immediate release: Mon, June 09, 2014 “They would just randomly beat me” – British student tells of UAE torture ordeal A British student who was tortured into ‘confessing’ to drugs charges in the … Continue reading
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Tagged detention, False Confession, Repreive, torture, United Kingdom
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Mike Ledford’s coerced confession … candles have wicks, not fuses – part 2
Woman won’t be retried in fire death of son, 3 – chicagotribune.com An Indiana woman released from prison after 16 years in August will not face a new trial in the death of her 3-year-old son after arson and murder … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron "Todd" Willingham, coerced confession, False Confession, fire forensics, frame-up, judicial misconduct, Kristine Bunch, malicious prosecution, Mike Ledford, outdated fire forensics, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Steven Hayne, thrown candle
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CBS short on reporting ramifications of Detroit whisteblower suit.
Court Says Cop Can Bring Whistleblower Case Against Kwame Kilpatrick « CBS Detroit “A Detroit police officer who was demoted for investigating claims that former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had a relationship with a ring of hit men has won a legal victory.The … Continue reading
Filming Saturday … “The Trials of Davontae Sanford”
“The Trials of Davontae Sanford” Casting Actors for Short Film By michiganacting on June 18, 2012 | From michiganacting.com Available Roles: Vincent Smothers: Age 27 – (Speaking) Vincent is a soft-spoken and charming man with a handsome smile and a … Continue reading
Detroit Free Press – unfair and unbalanced
Under ACLU settlement, Detroit cops can’t ticket people just for questioning authority | Detroit Free Press | freep.com “The Detroit Police Department acknowledged the settlement and said its committed to upholding the constitutional rights of visitors and residents of the … Continue reading
Hit Man Vincent Smothers goes the distance for wrongly incarcerated, disabled Davontae Sanford
On January 30th, the AP reported, “Smothers said he never used a 14-year-old accomplice – blind in one eye and learning disabled – to carry out his paid hits, mostly victims tied to Detroit’s drug trade.” It wasn’t Vincent Smothers’ … Continue reading
Bryce, Davontae and Christy … Bless the Beasts, Not the Children? [updated]
It isn’t news to officers anywhere that interrogating a child without a parent present often leads to a false confession, especially if the child is emotionally or developmentally challenged. Young Bryce Vandergrift is incarcerated for a homicide that the dying … Continue reading
Davontae Sanford’s innocence v Detroit police and prosecutors’ reputations
Self-proclaimed “hit man” Vincent Smothers authorized his attorney to testify on Davontae Sanford’s behalf, to apprise the courts that Smothers and an accomplice had committed Detroit’s infamous Runyon Street quadruple homicide, not Davontae. Smothers had admitted to twelve homicides, but … Continue reading
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Tagged civil immunities, Connick v Thompson, Davontae Sanford, Detroit Police Department, False Confession, false conviction, Governor Rick Snyder, Imbler v Pachtman, Marshall Law, MI AG Bill Schuett, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Van de Kamp v Goldstein, Vincent Smothers, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy
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Will Michigan’s new A.G. free Davontae Sanford?
Innocent young Davontae Sanford, blind in one eye and developmentally disabled, has been transferred to an adult facility. There’s no time to waste. —————————————– From: Susan Chandler Date: January 6, 2011 2:26:50 PM EST To: Bill Schuette <miag@michigan.gov> Subject: False … Continue reading
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