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Self-Accused. Now, six years later, a second jury has voted for acquittal-all because Detective Thibedeau, Polygrapher Holmes and Miami Herald Reporter Gene Miller spent their spare time tracking down evidence that cast deep doubt on his confession. For one thing, Roman Catholic Shea had apparently undergone agonies of...
¶ Kept a lawyer away from Shea on the day he signed his confession.
Self-Wounded. In addition to this recital, the Air Force logbook at West Palm Beach suggested that Shea was on duty 65 miles away until at least one hour before Mary Meslener left the airport-hardly time enough, as claimed in his confession, for Shea to hitchhike to Miami, visit...
"When someone is arrested and charged in Florida," said Judge Gene Williams, who presided over Shea's second trial, "he is supposed to be taken before a committing magistrate to be advised of his rights. That is not being adhered to by our investigators, and it wasn't...
The age problem is also an inherent one, inherent in the 62-year old Gielgud. Ivanov is supposed to be 35 at the time of his suicide. The surrender of youth to failure is part of his tragedy. Gielgud adds ten years to Ivanov and unavoidably softens the character's...