That kind of thorough police work saved taxpayers millions of dollars. What a contrast to the Akiki case which cost our system so much to find out the same verdict. The chapter on Joshua Treadway was eerily similar. Once again, it seems that a lazy investigation led to a possibly wrongful arrest. Bravo to your series for doing what the police didn't.
Someone has to.
Officers do not have to show any means of identification to prove they are police. It is almost standard practice to accept the verdict of a machine, the validity of which has not been satisfactorily verified. It is permissible for the investigators to use tactics tantamount to torture, such as the infamous brainwashing we accused the North Koreans and North Vietnamese of, to secure a confession from a frightened, youngster who lacks the emotional stamina to endure such tactics. And then we have the temerity to expect our young people to never lie, to be honest and forthright. All of which explains why we taxpayers are saddled with millions of dollars in wrongful prosecution awards.