nydailynews.com — Convicted of killing his wealthy parents after confessing 19 years ago, Martin Tankleff moved closer to freedom Friday when an appeals court said there's enough new evidence to convince a jury he's innocent.
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signofhopeDec 24, 2007
detectives extracted a confession from Tankleff after tricking him into thinking his father had fingered him on his deathbed.i SERIOUSLY need 2get my head out of the gutter.
Closed AccountDec 24, 2007
The catch with Miranda is that its only give once you are placed under arrest. The police are free to question you at will without giving you Miranda before you are under arrest.Of course if you are not under arrest, you are still not forced to talk to the police. The one exception to this is some places require you to indentify yourself. But you dont have to give any kind of statement about anything else. And its good advice to follow if you are guilty. Police are not the bad guys, but if you did commit a crime you can do nothing but hurt yourself by talking to the police. Lawyer up and shut up.
nocturnalisDec 24, 2007
This type of practice has been happening to the African American community since slavery. Police forcing the youth with bogus illegal deals to get a confession is nothing new by any stretch. I'm surprised this is one of the few cases so publicized. There should be more. Lots more. There are a lot of innocent people in jail, people who have/had NO affiliation with anything criminal in their entire life until they ran into the wrong set of police.More stories need to leak.
stgbenDec 24, 2007
"I shot the clerk?"The defendant stated "I shot the clerk."
elliuotatarDec 25, 2007
Which is why plea bargains should be outlawed as well. It may help to put bad guys behind bars, but it also creates dilemmas like this for the innocent, coercing them into confessing. Protecting the innocent should weigh much more heavily than catching the guilty.
pointman323Jan 4, 2008
i dont even remember reading this article, let alone writing that comment....not to mention you're right...