"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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I would like to know more facts. Was it revenge for the slaying of the
four
men a couple weeks ago? We may never really know but I will say this. This
type of thing is usually done to extract information or for revenge.



Don't forget ambition. We had a group of high ranking detectives here who
had an amazing record for obtaining confessions in tough cases. And when
accusations were made that the detectives were torturing confessions out of
suspects, it was tough to believe because the accusers were convicted
criminals trying to get themselves off the hook by pointing the finger at
highly decorated police officers.

Some of those confessions resulted in the accused criminals ending up on
death row. Fortunately, real evidence, not confessions forced by ambitious
brutal cops acting on their gut feelings, was discovered with resulted in
several exoneration's. These guys weren't released on legal technicalities,
they were released because such evidence as DNA testing proved them
innocent. In at least one case, the DNA evidence proved someone else
guilty.

Not only were the lives of the accused criminals damaged, but the system was
damaged, as well. In Illinois, the death penalty hasn't been enforced in
the last few years, and it won't be enforced any time soon. Public
confidence in confessions has been damaged. But all those confessions were
sure good for the ol' career, at least for a while.

Frank Dresser