In “Kim Possible”, Saul Elbein reports on the story of a women giving a false confession and detectives failing at not seeing past their own idea of what happened, and looking at the details. The podcast was published on October 11, 2013 on This American Life. In the podcast we are introduced with the murder of a man along the river. His personal belongings were stolen including his credit cards which led them to surveillance of a woman using a ATM which looked like a woman named Kim. A man named Jim Trainum who is the lead detective on the case was the one to start the interrogation, and she denied everything she was being accused of. Eventually during the afternoon of that day she admits to only finding the credit cards and signing the credit card receipts. …show more content…
Trainum then felt confident about a full confession and he then turned the video recorder on. Hours after she gave details about where she used the credit cards, the amount of money spent, and where they were located. She then went on to explain how herself and two of her friends beat him to death due to her claim that he had been sexually harassing her.
The day after Kim was charged with felony murder and was sent to jail. Then she unexpectedly for the detectives later recanted her whole story. Trainum needed more evidence that it was indeed Kim that night. He received a subpoena, and went to the homeless shelter to get a log of people coming in and going out of the home. One of the most important pieces of evidence was this log which revealed that Kim was not out during the necessary times to commit the murder. Which brings Trainum to his next idea regarding the credit card receipts and her signature. Trainum went to a handwriting expert of the Secret Service, and the expert found that the signatures were not Kim’s. Later Kim was released and her case was dismissed. This unsolved case was put on the back burner and wasn’t brought up again until 2002. Trainum was assigned to review cold cases and found the tapes from her confession. During the review of the tapes there was some suspicious points he found. He used the phrase “let me refresh your memory” and showed Kim the receipts of the places the credit cards were
used. He also gave information such as he said that she ate Chinese food, and went to People’s. Then later one of the other interrogators made a mistake and showed Kim pictures from the crime scene. The biggest mistake was ignoring the comment she made about being pregnant. Trainum found no trace of that being recorded in the file, and realized that they totally ignored what she said because it didn’t fit their pre-conceived story they built for her. Trainum also made the observation that the video recorder was never stopped, and she actually had been interrogated for 17 hours. After reviewing all of this missed evidence and mistakes Trainum found what had happened, Kim had given them a false confession. Trainum went into the file and changed her confession to a false confession without telling any of his superiors about the change because within his department they didn’t believe in a false confession. Trainum later called Kim to confess to her that they made a mistake and understood why she confessed in the first place. Though Kim was hesitant during the phone call, she wanted her record gone. Because of the mistake of the detectives, she lost her children, job, and place in the homeless shelter.
The Jonbenet Ramsey case has remained unsolved for twenty years now, and I realize, it might not ever be solved, but I do have a theory. My theory involves three different things, the build up, the murder and the cover-up. In the end, I do not think that there was an intruder that broke in the house, the evidence just doesn’t add up to that. I feel as if somebody in the family killed her, and the Ramseys covered it up. If you go even deeper, John Ramsey could have compensated John Mark Karr to take the blame, and to get some of all of the post-murder weight off of his chest. In order to find who killed J.B.R., we have to look into the Ramseys’ lives first. We know that the Ramseys had money, a lot of it. And the odd amount of money in the ransom note just doesn’t make any
He lied to Clarence’s defense attorney to get Clarence before the Grand Jury and then lied to the Grand Jury to get a murder indictment. He then lied to keep Clarence from getting bail. The last lie that the DA told was to prevent the defense from even getting access, as required by law, to any of the state’s evidence. The medical evidence that would have cleared Clarence was “lost." The original exhibits in Clarence’s two trials were "stolen." The medical examiner "forgot" the results of the dead girl 's autopsy, "mislaid" his notes and "threw out" the samples he had taken from her body (Gores, 1991). Texas Ranger John Styles terrorized witnesses whose testimony would have supported Clarence’s innocence, then coached the rest into telling outright lies. Styles also reversed the polygraph test supporting Clarence’s
An organization’s mission statement communicates the purpose and values to not only the customer but also to the employees. A mission statement should not be confused with a vision statement. A mission statement is clear and concise, clearly stating who and what is important along with the direction of the organization. On the other hand, a vision statement communicates what needs to be done to achieve the mission statement. Furthermore, a mission statement should be brief, concise, and easily recitable by all employees (S. M. Coleman, personal communication, March 11, 2017). The example of a fire department’s mission statement titled “CitizenKARE” is the focus of this week’s assignment. The example attempts to communicate the department’s
On 1997 four men were convicted of the rape and murder of Michelle Basko. The four men were Joe Dick, Daniel Williams, Eric Wilson, and Derek Tice. Detective Robert Ford believed that the four U.S. navy men were all guilty of the crime. One of the victim’s friend claimed that Daniel Williams, was Michelle Basko’s murderer. Based on the information provided by Basko’s friend, Ford suspected that William was guilty. With that, the series of harsh interrogations led by detective Robert Ford began. Detective Ford began his interrogatories with a label that Williams is the suspect. The psychological abuse he used, led Williams to make a false confession. After closing the case, the DNA results did not match the one in the crime scene. Instead of releasing Williams, it was believed that Joe
Ooka Shohei named the last chapter of Fires on the Plain “In Praise of Transfiguration.” Through the whole novel, readers witness the protagonist Tamura transform from an innocent soldier to a killer. Readers watch him go from condemning the practice of eating human flesh to eating human flesh for his own survival. At the end, Readers see Tamura’s redemption as he shot Nagamatsu who killed and ate his own comrade Yasuda. What was the difference between two men who both killed and ate human beings? To Tamura, the guilt of eating human flesh distinguished himself from Nagamatsu who cold-bloodily killed Yasuda. As Tamura recalled, “I do not remember whether I shot him at that moment. But I do know that I did not eat his flesh; this I should certainly have remembered.” (224) The fact of him shooting at Nagamatsu had no importance to Tamura. However, his emphasis on not eating
In the Earley book, the author started to talk about the history of mental illness in prison. The mentally ill people were commonly kept in local jails, where they were treated worse than animals. State mental hospitals were typically overcrowded and underfunded. Doctors had very little oversight and often abused their authority. Dangerous experimental treatments were often tested on inmates.
Kenneth Bianchi was arrested on January 13, 1979, in Washington and admitted to being involved in killing many girls. On October 22nd, 1979, Kenneth made a plea bargain, which included him testifying about the involvement of his cousin, Angelo Buono. Kenneth’s trial lasted from November 16th, 1981 to November 18th, 1983, in which he had initially pleaded not guilty with insanity. Firstly, Kenneth had managed to convince the professionals that he had a split personality, in which his alter ego, Steve Walker, had committed these crimes. The detectives found out that Steve Walker is a student whose identity was attempted to be stolen, inducing Bianchi to create another alias by the name of Billy to convince the psychiatrists. One psychiatrist noticed his mess up when he was relaying what he remembered which led to his house being searched and books on modern psychology that helped him fake this disorder to be found. Once his secret was out he pleaded guilty and signed a plea bargain, where he would have to attest against his cousin for a lenient punishment. During his trial he convinced his defence lawyer that he was suffering from amnesia and did not think he nor his cousin committed the crimes. Secondly, evidence that condemned Bianchi included DNA results that showed that the pubic hairs on one of the victim’s bodies as well as the steps at the Bayside home. Also, fibres from the carpet in the Bayside home were found on one of the victim’s shoes. When Bianchi’s house was searched, jewellery was found that matched the descriptions of jewellery that two of his victims had worn; displaying that he stole it from them at some point. The case had many people testify against Bianchi. Kathleen Martin and Marlene Katz Booth were extra’s i...
Everybody had an opinion on what happened at the Ramsey household on December 25, 1996. Most people believed that the family is responsible for killing JonBenet. Ever since that day, the public has held the Ramsey family under a cloud of suspicion. The family did everything they could do to defend themselves. They believe that an intruder must have done it, but most of the public believes that the family should be held responsible for the killing. The main suspect that police keyed in on was the mother of JonBenet. The reason for the suspicion of the mother was the 911 call made by Patsy Ramsey the day of the murder. In this 911 call, the mother seemed very suspicious. Patsy said “We have a kidnapping” ( McClish). “It seemed like she knew something she was not telling” (McClish 2001).
Alvin Dewey, of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, is in charge of the investigation. Dewey is described as 'professionally qualified to cope with even as intricate an affair as the apparently motiveless, all but clueless Clutter murders. '
Additionally, Koenig makes an ambiguous statement which may further involve Jay in the crime. Koenig said, “they drive to Jay's to get some shovels,” together with Adnan, Jay went to pick up shovels from Jay’s. What is Jay’s? Is Jay’s, Jay’s house? Is Jay’s a store? Does Koenig leave out this soundbite of the interview with Jay about Jay’s, because it is implicitly discussed? Later, Jenn mentions Jay said the shovels were from Jay’s house. Koenig is manipulating the presentation, through the order in which the facts get discussed to keep us unsure as to who is the guilty party. She therefore, never throws too much guilt on to a single person at a given
In “Reading to Write,” Stephen King addresses the importance of reading to a writer. King
On June 12th, 1994, Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman’s bodies were found Nicole’s condominium; the victims had been stabbed to death. The identity of the murderer was unknown up until O.J was suspected to be a suspect. When accused, he was in another state, and was forced to fly back. (Aaseng 1996)
Butler was one of many to be accused of a crime he didn’t commit. In 1993, a woman got
In 1969 the first crime scenario took place with the murder of a man called Gary Hinman. According to Wikipedia “Atkins claimed she didn’t know a crime was going to take place, although she wrote in her 1977 book that she went to Hinman's home to get money and knew that it was possible they were going to kill him”. This fact proves her dishonesty to accept that she was part of the crime, which she later contradicts by writing the fact a possible crime in her book. This declaration just reveals her full participation and agreement in the murder of this man in a search for money.