Vanessa Gathers is first woman to have conviction overturned as prosecutors revisit about 100 cases related to now-retired detective accused of wrongdoingFive years after Vanessa Gathers told police she had nothing to do with a deadly robbery,a detective questioned her again and got a confession that would build Gathers in prison for 10 years.
Nearly two decades later, Gathers was cleared after prosecutors concluded her since-recanted confession was fraudulent, and peppered with facts that didn’t add up. It was made to a detective whose tactics have near under question. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com