New York City: 3 Detectives Obtained a False Murder Confession. Was It One of Dozens?

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    3 Detectives Obtained a False Murder Confession. Was It One of Dozens?

    For Huwe Burton, the breaking point came late on the night of Jan. 5, 1989, as he sat with detectives in a cramped, windowless room on the second floor of a Bronx police precinct. He had not eaten or slept much in 48 hours. A detective leaned in and said, “Tell us again about what happened that day.” Mr. Burton, who was 16 then, repeated his story. He had come home two days earlier after spending the day at school and then at his girlfriend’s house, to find his mother, Keziah Burton, facedown on her bed, stabbed to death. Her ...


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