Word: montalvo
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...just before Jose Morales and Ruben Montalvo were sentenced for murdering Jose Rivera, Jesus Fornes went to Father Joseph Towle and admitted to the murder, adding that the men convicted of the crime were not involved. On Towle?s advice, Fornes went to the court, told a public defender his story, and then quickly found himself a lawyer, who in turn advised him not to speak further about his role in the crime...
...that time, Morales and Montalvo?s fates were sealed: They were sentenced to 15-year terms after the court rejected two second-hand testimonies linking Fornes to the crime and exonerating the accused...
...Which leaves us with questions: Why was the court so quick to dismiss testimony about Fornes? involvement - which might have established reasonable doubt of Morales and Montalvo?s guilt? Why did the public defender take so long to come forward? And, perhaps most baffling, why did the Catholic priest go public...
...knew about the case. But as far as the Church is concerned, if Towle spoke to Fornes simply as a confidant, a friend, then he could do as he wished with the admission. (The obvious question: If this was not a confession, why did Towle let Morales and Montalvo spend a decade in jail while he sat on exonerating information...
...voice mail was pretty self-explanatory," said Jess Montalvo '00. "I wouldn't have done anything like that in the first place, but reminders can be helpful...