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RightOnDude · 07-12-2015, 10:21 PM

No other case fires me up as much as this one. I wish I could have been there in that room when the "detectives" questioned him and when the judge accepted his plea. I wonder how those responsible and only caring about closing the case would feel if they had 8 years taken from their lives, spent in a prison. I don't wish ill will on anyone but I hope they felt remorse for what they did...in effect locking up an innocent child to suffer and live in hell every day for 8 years. bastards.

wiseguy182 · 07-13-2015, 12:26 AM

The Boo Mason one was equally as bad. He was 8 years old and they kept him up until 3 in the morning or something like that forcing a confession out of him.

The John Purvis one was also really bad. It's doubtful the case ever aired, but I posted some info on it awhile back and what they did to him was nothing short of entrapment, among other things.

James T · 07-13-2015, 04:05 AM

1. Always have a lawyer present at any police interview.
2. Refuse to take any worthless polygraph exams.
3. Never confess to anything.
4. If your lawyers tell you to cop a guilty plea then fire their ass & get a better lawyer.

RobinW · 07-13-2015, 07:16 AM

Watching this segment as a teenager when it originally aired was a real eye opener for me. Going into it, I just couldn't understand why a person would ever confess to a murder if they didn't actually do it, but this case perfectly demonstrated how easily it could happen. And sadly, I'd eventually learn there were many, many other examples just like this out there of people (a lot of whom didn't even have a mental disability like Johnny Lee Wilson) confessing to a crime and later being proven innocent. I'd like to say Johnny would have been acquitted if he'd actually been put on trial and had his case heard in front of a jury, but history has shown that some juries just can't overlook a confession even if the rest of the evidence points to their innocence.

07-12-2015, 10:21 PM	#1
RightOnDude Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 266	re-watching Johnny Lee Wilson No other case fires me up as much as this one. I wish I could have been there in that room when the "detectives" questioned him and when the judge accepted his plea. I wonder how those responsible and only caring about closing the case would feel if they had 8 years taken from their lives, spent in a prison. I don't wish ill will on anyone but I hope they felt remorse for what they did...in effect locking up an innocent child to suffer and live in hell every day for 8 years. bastards.

07-13-2015, 12:26 AM	#2
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	The Boo Mason one was equally as bad. He was 8 years old and they kept him up until 3 in the morning or something like that forcing a confession out of him. The John Purvis one was also really bad. It's doubtful the case ever aired, but I posted some info on it awhile back and what they did to him was nothing short of entrapment, among other things.

07-13-2015, 04:05 AM	#3
James T Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,567	1. Always have a lawyer present at any police interview. 2. Refuse to take any worthless polygraph exams. 3. Never confess to anything. 4. If your lawyers tell you to cop a guilty plea then fire their ass & get a better lawyer.

07-13-2015, 07:16 AM	#4
RobinW Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2010 Posts: 1,874	Watching this segment as a teenager when it originally aired was a real eye opener for me. Going into it, I just couldn't understand why a person would ever confess to a murder if they didn't actually do it, but this case perfectly demonstrated how easily it could happen. And sadly, I'd eventually learn there were many, many other examples just like this out there of people (a lot of whom didn't even have a mental disability like Johnny Lee Wilson) confessing to a crime and later being proven innocent. I'd like to say Johnny would have been acquitted if he'd actually been put on trial and had his case heard in front of a jury, but history has shown that some juries just can't overlook a confession even if the rest of the evidence points to their innocence.