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Stanley Cohen Murder Conviction Questioned After Main Witnesses Retract Testimony

May 20, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 4832 Views Anthony Caracciolo, Civil rights, Coerced Confessions, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, false testimony, fl, Florida, Frank Zuccarello, hit, Homestead Correctional Institution, Homicide, jailhouse snitch, Joyce Cohen, Justice System, kelly patterson, Miami-Dade County, murder trial, plea deal, police, Stanley Cohen, Tommy Joslin, video, WSVN-TV 7NEWS

Recently, the conviction of Stanley Cohen’s widow, Joyce, has come under question after two of the main witnesses made claims

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Appeals Court Upheld Conviction of Commander Burge Who Presided Over Torture of Suspects

April 12, 2013April 10, 2013 CopBlock 1128 Views Brutality, Civil rights, coerced confession, Coerced Confessions, confession, criminal injustice system, Criminal procedure, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Featured, Harassment, Human rights, illegal interrogation, Immunity, injustice, Interrogations, police, police abuse, police procedure, Police State, Qualified Immunity, Torture

The 7th Circuit upheld the conviction of a police commander who “presided over an interrogation regime where suspects were suffocated

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Confession coerced by police leads to death penalty

September 23, 2010September 22, 2010 Georgia Sand 2297 Views Arkansas, Civil rights, Coerced Confessions, Corruption, Death Penalty, Dishonesty, Police State, Prison, West Memphis AR

By C. Rutledge Wilson, contributor Seven days from now is an important moment for an Arkansas man named Damien Echols,

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