Friday Roundup: Bad Lawyering, Police Misconduct and a Look at Police Interrogations
09.03.10
Last week,
a federal judge overturned a Texas death row inmate’s murder conviction
, citing ineffective assistance of trial counsel and error by the trial court.
The Indianapolis Star reported on Tuesday that
27 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers have been arrested, investigated, demoted, reassigned or disciplined in the past two years
, pointing to a major problem with police misconduct.
ABC’s new “Primetime Crime” series, which premiered on Tuesday,
will give viewers an inside look at police interrogation, including techniques that garner confessions from suspects
.
On Monday night,
Eddie Vedder, Johnny Depp and Patti Smith joined other musicians in Little Rock, Arkansas for a concert to benefit the West Memphis 3
, the three men convicted of killing three children in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993, despite evidence to the contrary.
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