NCJ Number
181809
Date Published
1996
Length
296 pages
Annotation
A former FBI agent offers an inside look at how a malicious detective framed innocent and vulnerable victims in two murder cases.
Abstract
The agent details the investigation that ultimately proved two boys accused of unrelated murders in 1956 and 1958 were forced to make false confessions and take the rap as a political expediency. He describes the characteristics of both suspects and victims and recounts the details of the investigation and the pressures on the defendants to confess to the crimes. The agent also discusses issues related to the punishment of innocent persons and the unpunished crimes of the guilty. 18 photographs