Prof. Pettys Discusses Evidence Fabrication in Time Magazine
In July 1977, retired police captain John Schweer was shot and killed while working as a night watchman at an Oldsmobile dealership in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Two teenagers, Curtis McGhee and Terry Harrington, were convicted of the murder based on evidence they allege was knowingly fabricated by prosecutors. “Usually when there’s a case of fabricating evidence, it’s done by the police officers because they’re the ones investigating the crime. Like with Mark Furman allegedly planting a bloody glove on OJ Simpson’s property,” explains TODD PETTYS, a law professor at University of Iowa.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934836,00.html
November 5, 2009 | Filed Under news-newsbox, newsboxitems-faculty