An accused murderer say police threatened to kill him if he didn’t confess.<\/p>\n
Prince Charlton, declared his innocence from an unsworn statement in the witness dock.<\/p>\n
Now, right off the bat, if the fellow will not swear under oath, why should anyone believe a thing he says.<\/p>\n
What a ridiculous concept, to allow people to testify without swearing under oath. What a dysfunctional legal sytem to allow such nonsense.<\/p>\n
Charlton is accused of beating James Carney to death back in November, 2010.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say that Charlton beat Mr Carney in the head with a brick, then dumped his body in an outside toilet in Matthew Town, Inagua.<\/p>\n
In Charlton’s unsworn statement, he claimed that police beat him and threatened to kill him if he did not confess.<\/p>\n
He told the court he was frightened, “that’s the day I thought I was going to die.”<\/p>\n
In between sobs, Charlton claimed that one of the officers said he was known as “The Crippler”.<\/p>\n
If Charlton speaks the truth, it is a damning indictment of the Bahamas Police Force, which has been accused of brutality all too often.<\/p>\n
But then, the man is accused of murder and one might believe he would say anything to get off.<\/p>\n
With so many stupid judges in The Bahamas, it is likely that the man’s accusations will be believed by a judge, whether they are true or not.<\/p>\n
Why police do not videotape police interviews is beyond comprehension.\u00a0 It would take a $300 camcorder and no talent whatosever to tape every police interview.<\/p>\n
Since the police are so adamant about not videotaping interviews one can only assume that they are hiding something.<\/p>\n
Which is why a judge, not even a stupid one, may very well believe the man, and at least let him go free on bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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