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What Fulminante did not know was that Sarivola was an FBI informant. On the basis of his talks with Sarivola, as well as a second admission that he made to Sarivola's fiance after both men were freed, Fulminante was brought back to Arizona, where he was tried, found guilty...
Forced confessions will still not be sanctioned, but that may not mean much for defendants. If a tainted confession is heard by the jurors, it may help persuade them to find the defendant guilty. But the verdict will no longer be overturned automatically -- provided that an appeals court finds that...
Even so, not all the court's conservative members could agree on every aspect of the case. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, writing for a majority that included Souter, Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia, argued that introducing an involuntary confession at trial was merely a procedural...
It is hard to imagine that the defendant's confession did not affect the jury in Arizona v. Fulminante, the case that resulted in last week's ruling. In 1982 Arizona police suspected Orestes Fulminante, a convicted child molester, of murdering his 11-year-old stepdaughter, but they lacked enough...
Beyond Fairchild's confession there is no evidence, other than a watch, to link him to the crime. Ex-Sheriff Tommie Robinson, who went on to serve as a Democratic member of Congress since 1985, denies Fairchild's claims. But 11 black men who were brought in for questioning in...