next day. >> i told alvin, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. i said, if you did it, that's all right. we'll figure out how to handle it. but, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. >> alvin now told his lawyer that he didn't kill tinky. he reverted to his original story, the one he told the coast guard the day after the storm, that tinky's death was an accident. >> i had to prove to a jury that he was vulnerable and very capable of confessing to something he didn't do. man, you would not believe how strong there is amongst people and the public that you wouldn't confess to something you wouldn't do. why would you confess to something you didn't do? >> to find out, barbee showed the entire eight hours of alvin's police interviews to dr. jill hayes-hammer, a forensic psychologist from the lsu school of medicine. >> come on, alvin! what happened? you don't know everything you say, do you know anything? you couldn't swim for 14 hours,
found floating in the water the next day. >> i told alvin, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. i said, if you did it, that's all right. we'll figure out how to handle it. but, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. >> alvin now told his lawyer that he didn't kill tinky. he reverted to his original story, the one he told the coast guard the day after the storm, that tinky's death was an accident. >> i had to prove to a jury that he was vulnerable and very capable of confessing to something he didn't do. man, you would not believe how strong there is amongst people and the public that you wouldn't confess to something you wouldn't do. why would you confess to something you didn't do? >> to find out, barbee showed the entire eight hours of alvin's police interviews to dr. jill hayes-hammer, a forensic psychologist from the lsu school
died. >> everyone debated it. two people, one lifejacket. what would i do? would i share it? you'd like to think you'd share. but would you? >> since alvin was a man of limited means, the court appointed attorney peter barbee to defend him. barbee couldn't understand why alvin would have killed the captain over a lifejacket, yet wasn't wearing it when he was found floating in the water the next day. >> i told alvin, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. i said, if you did it, that's all right. we'll figure out how to handle it. but, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. >> alvin now told his lawyer that he didn't kill tinky. he reverted to his original story, the one he told the coast guard the day after the storm, that tinky's death was an accident. >> i had to prove to a jury that he was vulnerable and very capable of confessing to something he didn't do. man, you would not believe how strong there is amongst people and the public that you wouldn't confess to something you wouldn't do. why would you confess to something you didn't do? >> to find out, barbee showed the entire eight hours of alvin's police interviews to dr. jill hayes-hammer, a forensic psychologist from the lsu school of medicine. >> come on, alvin.
alvin would have killed the captain over a lifejacket, yet wasn't wearing it when he was found floating in the water the next day. >> i told alvin, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. i said, if you did it, that's all right. we'll figure out how to handle it. but, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. >> alvin now told his lawyer that he didn't kill tinky. he reverted to his original story, the one he told the coast guard the day after the storm, that tinky's death was an accident. >> i had to prove to a jury that he was vulnerable and very capable of confessing to something he didn't do. man, you would not believe how strong there is amongst people and the public that you wouldn't confess to something you wouldn't do. why would you confess to something you didn't do? >> to find out, barbee showed the entire eight hours of alvin's police interviews to dr. jill hayes-hammer, a forensic psychologist from the lsu school of medicine.
psychologist from the lsu school of medicine. >> come on, alvin. what happened? >> everything you say -- do you know anything? you couldn't swim for 14 hours, alvin. >> i was very annoyed, actually, because it was obvious to me as a professional, that alvin was incredibly slow and that he was being taken advantage of. >> dr. richard leo, a professor of criminology and psychology at the university of california at irvine, agrees. >> this is an awful, awful interrogation. i think this is shoddy, poor police work, and i think these -- the detectives who conducted this interrogation should be retrained, and until they're retrained, should not be permitted to do another interrogation. >> during the first day of police interrogation, alvin denied he killed tinky. >> never. >> come on, alvin. what are you going to do? say something. explain it. >> what you saw was an incredible amount of intimidation.
wasn't found wearing it when he was found floating in the water the next day. >> i told alvin, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. i said, if you did it, that's all right. we'll figure out how to handle it, but, i said, whatever you do, tell me the truth. >> alvin now told his lawyer that he didn't kill tinky. he reverted to his original story, the one he told the coast guard the day after the storm, that tinky's death was an accident. >> i had to prove to a jury that he was vulnerable and very capable of confessing to something he didn't do. man, you would not believe how strong there is amongst people and the public that you wouldn't confess to something you wouldn't do. why would you confess to something you didn't do? >> to find out, barbee showed the entire eight hours of alvin's police interviews to dr. jill hayes-hammer, a forensic psychologist from the lsu school of medicine. >> come on, alvin. what happened? >> everything you say -- do you