Norm Pattis: Police trained to use trust as a weapon
Aug 6 - New Haven Register
From a distance, the case no doubt looked hopeless. Jonathan Gibbs had confessed to police, signing a statement under oath, telling officers he was alone, that he had fired a pistol at a fleeing man.
The man was found dead between two houses at the very location Gibbs confessed to firing from, a single gunshot to the back of his head, killing him instantly. When Jon’s DNA was found on the gun, it looked like an open-and-shut case of murder.
The stakes are high in such cases....
The man was found dead between two houses at the very location Gibbs confessed to firing from, a single gunshot to the back of his head, killing him instantly. When Jon’s DNA was found on the gun, it looked like an open-and-shut case of murder.
The stakes are high in such cases....