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Office. would he consider the case or was the young man so many believed innocent destined to spend another decade in jail? heres keith morrison with the conclusion of the interrogation. >> ive never been emotional in a presentation as i feel in this case because ive grown very close with robert. >> for years, steve rosenfield made his case for legal conferences to anybody who would listen and robert remained right where he was in prison. during those same years, we tried repeatedly to contact a...

The floor and then a 9 volt battery that looked like it in the would go to a smoke detecter. it appeared someone removed it. >> so cruel and deliberate. all the more shocking in a town where murder is exceedingly rare. said detective phil jiles. >> its not a common occurrence of homicide. >> how did it hit you and members of the department? >> you have a victim and then a child. the child, of course, that always touches you in a different way. because its a 3-year-old child. >> these things do t...

They knew his vulnerabilities. >> i tried to keep my distance from him when i could and stay cordial when we were in close proximity to each other. >> safer that way, said robert. in any case, the detective s made a visit to the house where they learned enough to march down two days later for questioning. rocky admitted he was there to rob the place. >> i started out downstairs, jessica was upstairs first. the detective interviewed jessica. >> she eventually acknowledged she tried to save it was...

I was scared. >> robert is not alone, of course. there are people like him in situations in jails and prisons all around the country who confessed as teenagers to crimes they maybe didnt commit. in fact, to prevent that very thing, police departments and many other countries banned or dispensed years ago was interrogation techniques still used in america. had the murder happened elsewhere, here in the united kingdom, its probable robert would be for questioning and named as a suspect by others i...