The Case of False Confessions - Ricky Davis

📻 Episode #366
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 12, 2023

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About This Episode

One woman was forced to talk. The other was forced to listen. Both were powerless.

The Case

One woman was forced to talk. The other was forced to listen. Both were powerless.

Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us about a California man named Ricky Davis. In 1985, Ricky and his girlfriend, Connie, found their roommate brutally stabbed to death. Without any leads, the case went cold for 14 years until detectives convinced Connie that she had repressed memories of Ricky committing the crime.

This updated episode shares the news that the actual murderer in Ricky's case was caught and sent to prison. Also, California has new legislation that will help prevent what happened to Ricky from happening to others.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2644

https://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/

We have worked hard to ensure that all facts reported in this show are accurate. The views and opinions expressed by the individuals featured in this show are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lava for Good.

In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts

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00:04:21
“Speaker 1: turned twenty. She was raising Ricky and his three sisters Speaker 1: in southern California without much support from their dad. Maureen Speaker 1: worked to pay the bills by waitressing. She and Ricky Speaker 1: had come to El Dorado Hills just a few years Speaker 1: before our story begins. Ricky's grandmother, a successful business woman,”

00:15:57
“Speaker 2: but why can't I remember it? And when a suspect Speaker 2: gets to that place of uncertainty, the police officers provide Speaker 2: an answer. The events that you saw were so traumatic Speaker 2: that they caused you to repress these memories, and so Speaker 2: the interrogation becomes an exercise in pulling these memories out”

00:27:43
“Speaker 1: who'd left his saliva on Jane's nightgown. The profile was Speaker 1: run through the local and national DNA databases with no luck. Speaker 1: The attacker couldn't be identified, but it was crystal clear Speaker 1: that whoever had killed Jane Hilton was not Connie or Ricky.”

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