Again, I ask for a source, please...
And if you don't believe that false confessions happen all the time, I could compile a list, if you would like.
The wiki footnote that follows the quote that Disgusted refers to, footnote # 25, states the source as "WM3.org-Case synopsis by Dan Stidham," but when you click the footnote link, you get a "404 page not found."
So, it appears there IS NO SOURCE for the quote being provided.
HTH
Guys, Disgusted is correct. Misskelley did make a second statement to police, in the presence of his attorney. There are full transcripts available somewhere and I do recall reading them, I believe on the Free the WMII site.
However, he was the only one who did and his statments are contradictory to one another and the evidence.
We must remember that three guys were convicted of brutally murdering, raping, attacking, three little boys, yet the ONLY DNA evidence points to Stevie's stepfather and the step-father's friend.
Like my dad used to say about the OJ case: Okay, so let's say the DNA in the OJ case was planted. Out of ALL that blood, the ton of forensics, WHY was there no DNA from any other potential suspect? Surely the defense and prosecution scanned that blood like mad?
In this case, three boys were brutally attacked and murdered. Yet not one bit of DNA, not a hair, nothing was found that biologically links the three men to the murder, despite a vicious, sustained attack involving tons of hitting, etc. No broken nail, no bleeding cut from a tooth or button, etc. Nothing. :twocents: