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Man who spent more than 35 years in prison for Roslindale murder freed after DA acknowledges verdict might have been wrong

By adamg on Tue, 08/08/2017 - 12:45pm


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By anon on Tue, 08/08/2017 - 2:22pm.

Hypnotized? What the heck was that about.

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By O-FISH-L on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 10:05am.

Hypnosis was a fairly common and controversial investigative "tool" from the 60s to the 90s and is still used in some cases, although the courts have put a lot of limits on it. For a while, Boston Police had their own Hypnosis Unit. This Christian Science Monitor article from 1982 gives both sides of the issue and mentions BPD. Once DNA analysis was perfected I think they got away from it.

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By Snuggles on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 2:37pm.
  1. Demand that Frederick Clay get all the help he needs in re-establishing himself and living well in his remaining years.
  2. Fight contemporary injustices due to our presumption of guilt and willingness to bypass just process to punish people. I'm looking close to home: at UH commenters' standard response to someone charged with an offense.
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