tlcya
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I am most interested in drilling into the following confessions made by RA: verbal confessions (multiple) to his wife KA via recorded phone call. verbal confession to his mother via phone call (also recorded I believe). confession to warden written in his own hand.![]()
Abby & Libby - The Delphi Murders - Richard Allen Arrested - #195
Didn't someone(s) employed at/by the prison go through every page and make copies of it first? I thought I remembered that. Sorry but that sounds farfetched since everything at the prison was video recorded per testimony.www.websleuths.com
My fear all along with these so call "confessions" of RA is that when you drill into them and learn the details, they are going to be quite underwhelming. In this case, the guard watching Allen in his cell says he overheard Allen apologizing out loud for murdering Abby. Like I said, quite underwhelming. This is not a "confession", this is a guard in a noisy prison claiming he overheard Allen talking to himself. If I were a juror, I would have kinds of doubt about this. How many other of these "Confessions" are going to have problems if they are looked at closely? IMO
I agree that any confessions "overheard" by inmates or guards will and should be given less weight. but even if they are given less weight, I do think it appropriate to factor them in with those verbal and written confessions the jury may give more weight to. They will become a part of the totality of evidence against him. JMO