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Kelvin Mace

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7. This is a questionable conviction

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 02:57 PM

Dec 2012

based on a hearsay deathbed confession which merely repudiates an alibi.

Also, the most unreliable testimony is eyewitness testimony, never mind 50+ year old eyewitness testimony.

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Ex-policeman gets life for 1957 death of Ill. girl [View all] Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 OP

Too bad Cold Case is off the air bluestateguy Dec 2012 #1

I'm a total Cold Case junkie. That has to be one of the best shows coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #5

real stories are on ID channel, hour long episodes about solved cold cases Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #8

This seems a bit odd to me: Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #2

I noticed that too Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #3

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #6

something else the story is not clear on was anyone save the half sister azurnoir Dec 2012 #4

This is a questionable conviction Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #7

Agreed Ron Obvious Dec 2012 #10

Had I been on the jury the verdict would likely have been different....Nothing I've read in this Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #9