Guilty until proven innocent

Description:

In 1973, at age 18, Peter Reilly discovered his mother murdered-and was sentenced to jail after a false confession was extracted. No motive, physical evidence, or eyewitnesses linked him to the crime. This is the story of his ordeal with a new afterword on how it has affected the justice system today.

subjects: True Crime,  Judicial error,  Trials (Murder),  Burden of proof,  Murder,  Justice, administration of,  Trials (murder),  Trials, united states

People: Peter Reilly (1955-)

Times: 1973