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The Chief and The New West
Northwest Explorer investigates the death of a 23-year-old, Westyn Hamilton, beaten by the bouncers at New West/ Gotham, a Marana, Ariz. night club. The story tells how the local police chief and his officers were paid about $100,000 to protect the nightclub, and often worked along with the bouncers; the criminal investigators failed to interview key witnesses in the case; and the death was ruled an accident despite the 54 injuries an autopsy discovered on the body.
Tags: crime; police; criminal investigation; corruption; videotaped evidence; lacking background checks
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Two lives. One Bullet. No Justice.
The Daily Press reports "Ricky was a 15-year-old learning-disabled boy in the hands of skilled interrogators. His confession, which he immediately recanted, was made under pressure and without his father present. Prosecutors were so certain that only the guilty confess, they ignored eyewitnesses, evidence and a defense attorney with addiction problems that were well-know to the court. Everyone ignored a videotape in which the alleged victim admits he shot himself, then laughs about it. Everyone also ignored the alleged victim's psychiatric and criminal past, which at the time included two suicide attempts and more than 20 criminal charges."
Tags: juvenile justice system; videotape; confession; wrongful imprisonment clemency hearing
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Gannett News Service reprint, "Abscam: The Scandal Within The Scandal," investigates the conduct of the Justice Department in the Abscam investigations; evidence that an innocent man was knowingly indicted was withheld and videotapes altered, 1982.
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