Post by coldboneslove398 on Feb 18, 2008 10:07:39 GMT -5
Based on a true story that happened in 1998. Michael Crowe confessed to the murder of his younger sister Stephanie Crowe. Michael, 14 at the time, was targeted by police when he seemed "distant and preoccupied" after Stephanie's body was discovered and the rest of the family grieved. After two days of intense questioning, Michael admitted to killing Stephanie. The confession was videotaped by police, and appeared to be coerced, at times Michael saying things to the effect of, "I'm only saying this because it's what you want to hear." Two of Michael's friends, Josh Treadway and Aaron Hauser, were questioned and confessed after many hours of interrogation. The charges were dropped after DNA testing linked a neighborhood transient to her blood.
I watch way too many Lifetime Movies
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I learned something about the justice system during this movie. Police can lie about evidence during an interrogation. I thought that was only fictional, it's what you would expect in movies or t.v., but not real life. That doesn't seem fair. I especially feel a little let-down about the way our justice system works at the end of the movie. We really should make it compulsory to have video-taped confessions, only two states: Minnesota and Alaska make it mandatory. God knows where the case of Michael Crowe would have been if the interrogation and his confession wasn't taped. Imagine if it had been written like they do in "Cold Case".
It certainly will make me think twice about Lilly in the interrogation room. She has lied a few times to get what she wants.
I watch way too many Lifetime Movies
.I learned something about the justice system during this movie. Police can lie about evidence during an interrogation. I thought that was only fictional, it's what you would expect in movies or t.v., but not real life. That doesn't seem fair. I especially feel a little let-down about the way our justice system works at the end of the movie. We really should make it compulsory to have video-taped confessions, only two states: Minnesota and Alaska make it mandatory. God knows where the case of Michael Crowe would have been if the interrogation and his confession wasn't taped. Imagine if it had been written like they do in "Cold Case".
It certainly will make me think twice about Lilly in the interrogation room. She has lied a few times to get what she wants.
