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[-] palordrolap@kbin.run 62 points 5 months ago

[a cellmate] told prosecutors Williams confessed to the killing and offered details about it.

This is something I found out about recently. They plant an informant as a new cellmate of the person they want a confession from, and give that informant information that only the accused (and law enforcement, of course) would know about the crime, supposedly so that it can be used to wheedle more information. But, when it comes time to tell all, they somehow have all this corroborating information that makes the target look more guilty. How did that happen? /s

Why does the informant do this? Well, they're in prison too. Any deal they can get is a good deal. And it should make us wonder about the veracity of anything a prison snitch says.

Note that this says nothing about the target's actual guilt. They might have done it. This is just a technique used by law enforcement to bolster an otherwise shaky case.

And I'm not even saying a plant is what's happened here. We should still be wary of things said by the prison snitch.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Sounds like the show Black Bird

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

So the prosecuting attorney of all people is all like, "yeah, I'm pretty sure I fucked that up," and the governor is all like, "nah bro. I've already got my killing poor black people pants put on and unzipped. I'm rubbing this one out no matter what."

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

"You want to stop an execution? Of a black man?! In an election year?!! How could you be so heartless! [Faints]."

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 31 points 5 months ago

That's completely fucked.

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

TIL that death panelty still exists.

this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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