HUFFINGTON
08.04.13
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Cousin recalls. “I didn’t do them.
But he told me there was no way
we could beat four armed robbery
charges and also win the murder
case. He said we needed to focus
on the murder. So I pled guilty to
the robberies. I wish I hadn’t. But I
was 16. I was a child. You do what
your attorney tells you to do.”
Because of the robbery convictions, Cousin remained in prison
until 2007. But he filed his lawsuit in 2000, from prison, hoping
to collect under both municipal
and personal liability. Cousin fir