Not to be flippant about a serious matter, but there is a well-known joke about a competition between various agencies to prove who is the best at catching criminals. The test is to apprehend a rabbit released into the forest. The punchline is "The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling, "Okay, okay, I'm a rabbit, I'm a rabbit!"
LAPD named here..but coercion techniques are probably not alien to any PD.
The Norfolk Four case looks like another possible railroading. What strikes me the most is the letter the jurors wrote:
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Not to be flippant about a serious matter, but there is a well-known joke about a competition between various agencies to prove who is the best at catching criminals. The test is to apprehend a rabbit released into the forest. The punchline is "The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling, "Okay, okay, I'm a rabbit, I'm a rabbit!"
LAPD named here..but coercion techniques are probably not alien to any PD.