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and would do a thorough (and
neutral) investigation to get to the
truth. Instead, they simply denied
everything in knee-jerk fashion,
and fought to keep Gillispie in
prison until a federal court finally
found government misconduct and
threw out his charges in December
2011. To this day, the police officer
in the case has not been investigated by a neutral, independent
body. The only thing he has received is promotions.
Rogue cops and prosecutors going unpunished is the rule rather
MARK
GODSEY
HUFFINGTON
11.24-12.01.13
What’s newsworthy
and novel about this plea is
that a prosecutor was actually
punished in a meaningful
way for his transgressions.”
than the exception. In Illinois, two
police officers whose improperly
grueling interrogation techniques
led to the wrongful conviction of
Juan Rivera and others were not
penalized when their 3rd degree
tactics came to light. Rather, they
were recently hired at taxpayer
expense to teach interrogation
courses to other police officers
around the state.
Anderson
defends his
performance
as Williamson
County
district
attorney
during a court
of inquiry in
February.