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The Case of False Confessions - Thomas Cogdell
📻 Episode #118
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 11, 2020
About This Episode
While eating a hamburger, this kid spontaneously confesses to killing his sister?
The Case
While eating a hamburger, this kid spontaneously confesses to killing his sister?
Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us to Camden, Arkansas, where a twelve-year-old boy is left to fend for himself against police officers who suspect him of murder. The interrogation tape is bad enough – but the worst parts happened off camera. This is the story of Thomas Cogdell.
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00:03:50“Speaker 1: other kids would pick on her, Thomas would literally launch Speaker 1: himself at them, chubby cheeks and all. He was the Speaker 1: big brother, it was his responsibility he felt to defend. Speaker 2: The two of them got along well for the most part, Speaker 2: but like all children, they had their spats, and it”
00:17:03“Speaker 2: law enforcement officers, the spontaneous confession. And why is it common? Well, Speaker 2: if someone blurts out at confession without any prompting or Speaker 2: persuasion by the police, police officers don't need to read Speaker 2: them their miranda rights. Speaker 1: It's not until ten twenty pm that officers turn the”
00:29:13“Speaker 2: a waiver is a legal term exactly. You know, every Speaker 2: time you go bungee jumping, you have to sign a Speaker 2: waiver to protect the business from getting sued. Speaker 1: Here's Thomas about to go off the cliff, right, I Speaker 1: mean a different kind of cliff.”
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