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From the article: At the time a law enforcement officer named H.S. Newman wrote in a handwritten statement: “I arrested a boy by the name of George Stinney. He
by romaaeterna 7y ago
From the article:
At the time a law enforcement officer named H.S. Newman wrote in a handwritten statement: “I arrested a boy by the name of George Stinney. He then made a confession and told me where to find a piece of iron about 15 inches long. He said he put it in a ditch about six feet from the bicycle.” Few other documents from that time exist.
James Gamble, whose father was the sheriff at the time, told the Herald in 2003 he was in the back seat with Stinney when his father drove the boy to prison.
“There wasn’t ever any doubt about him being guilty,” he said. “He was real talkative about it. He said, ‘I’m real sorry. I didn’t want to kill them girls.’ “
- nkrisc 7y agoYes thank you, I read it. I was speaking generally ("cases like this"), as there are many similar cases from the era. And these are the cases that actually went to trial, instead of ending in mob justice. Even in this case, if the concession was coerced, that still means the real killer remained free. Now whether the interviewer one they were coercing a false confession or not is not clear. But either way getting a false confession is pretty counterproductive to actually solving a case, and bad police work. Unless your real goal is not the truth, but to blame the "right" person, regardless of guilt.