Some Kind Of Friend.......
According to one prosecution witness interviewed post-trial, detectives told him they didn't have any evidence to convict David of this crime. They said that despite the absense of evidence, they were convinced that David must be guilty. They asked him if he'd "help them out" and change his testimony to fit their scenario of the crime; that he'd be responsible for getting a "dangerous man" off of the streets. The man, a long-time friend of David's, obliged. One betrayal among many leading to a tainted trial and a wrongful conviction.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
ReplyDeleteFrederick Douglass
The same as witness tampering,and witness tampering is a felony.
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