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...Told Shea that his fingerprints were found on her car, though he knew at the time that "his prints didn't match those...
...Probably" told Shea that he had flunked two lie-detector tests...
...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 several downtown bars, ride a bus to the airport, try to steal a car, get caught in the act by Mary Meslener and then murder her. Not only was Shea later unable to point out the parking lot where the original assault took place, but a palm print found...
...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 followed in this case. There is another law that when the person is under 21, his parents have to be notified, and he is not allowed to plead before they arrive. Shea confessed before he saw his parents." Even so, said Judge Williams, state precedents prevented him from tossing...