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Did any of you guys see tonight's update?
Sounds like she might be getting a new trial because evidence was hidden in the first one.
One concern from my viewpoint is how fiercely the detectives questioned her, determined to get a 'confession' even though she was innocent.
And from what I've been reading lately, this kinda thing is not uncommon at all- play-by-play accounts of something that didn't happen.
Did any of you guys see tonight's update?
Sounds like she might be getting a new trial because evidence was hidden in the first one.
Thanks for the info, Tia. I was away and did NOT see that show. Watched it On Demand last night. I will be shocked if Melissa isn't granted a new trial! As a matter-of-fact, I truly believe they should just overturn the conviction/dismiss the charges or whatever the legal steps needed to just bury this whole injustice. That poor girl was mentally harassed, abused until she finally gave those detectives what they wanted, NOT what actually happened! False confessions maybe don't happen often but they do happen. She was mentally and physically exhausted and just wanted to go home so she gave them what they wanted. Period!
I feel for Ben's parents. I'm sure it is easier (?) to "accept" that he was mistreated and died as a result rather than think they neglected to notice previous signs of him being in distress. But they only think Melissa killed him due to her "confession".
Thanks for the info, Tia. I was away and did NOT see that show. Watched it On Demand last night. I will be shocked if Melissa isn't granted a new trial! As a matter-of-fact, I truly believe they should just overturn the conviction/dismiss the charges or whatever the legal steps needed to just bury this whole injustice. That poor girl was mentally harassed, abused until she finally gave those detectives what they wanted, NOT what actually happened! False confessions maybe don't happen often but they do happen. She was mentally and physically exhausted and just wanted to go home so she gave them what they wanted. Period!
I feel for Ben's parents. I'm sure it is easier (?) to "accept" that he was mistreated and died as a result rather than think they neglected to notice previous signs of him being in distress. But they only think Melissa killed him due to her "confession".
A sad story all around.
I agree with you- a little child who should have had his whole life ahead of him
But I also believe they should be putting the emphasis on determining the source/cause of his old injury- if it was bad enough that he eventually died from it, something must have happened to him much earlier.
Let me tell you I have seen first hand how some of these so called detectives work , when you are not telling them what they want to hear , then they keep on and on at you . They wanted me to testify against a neighbor when I told them I had not seen anything or even had seen him all weekend . They would call me all the time trying to get me to change my mind , they showed up at my door . No I finally had to move from a place I dearly loved to get them to leave me alone . Those detectives get one person in mind and they don't look for anyone else .
I watched the video of that sweet little boy and thought that he was lethargic and not acting like a child playing with toys. That video was used at the trial to show how healthy he was and he did not look healthy to me. While I have no idea who killed him, it seems that his parents would be under investigation first, and maybe they were, and then the supervisor who was in the room with the boy and Melissa.
Another trial is in order and then if she is found guilty again, then she will spend the rest of her life in prison.
I hope she finally gets a chance at freedom and to have a life of her own.
It seems to me they should be investigating the child's parents.
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