2aguy
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This is why we need the death penalty....democrat party politicians refuse to keep violent killers in prison.......they keep letting them out.
The question today? Will this violent killer, kill again.....?
In 1990, Gerald Reed was convicted of a double murder after signing a confession that he says he was tortured into signing. He was sentenced to life in prison. But today, Reed is a free man after his life sentence was commuted by Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.).
Reed was granted a new trial in 2018, but a judge ruled prior to a scheduled retrial that his allegedly coerced confession was never used against him in court, so Reed suffered no infringement on his rights. He was awaiting retrial when Pritzker commuted his sentence.
Reed’s co-defendant in the trial is still in prison serving a life sentence. He never alleged any torture at the hands of the police.
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The reason Reed’s confession was never used in his trial is that ballistics and other evidence tied him directly to the murders of Pamela Powers and Willie Williams.
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Reed reportedly bragged to witnesses after the crime that he killed the couple. That, as well as the ballistics evidence, would have convicted any defendant in the country.
The alleged tortured confession was never used in his trial and the jury never heard it. They convicted Reed based on the evidence.
The question today? Will this violent killer, kill again.....?
In 1990, Gerald Reed was convicted of a double murder after signing a confession that he says he was tortured into signing. He was sentenced to life in prison. But today, Reed is a free man after his life sentence was commuted by Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.).
Reed was granted a new trial in 2018, but a judge ruled prior to a scheduled retrial that his allegedly coerced confession was never used against him in court, so Reed suffered no infringement on his rights. He was awaiting retrial when Pritzker commuted his sentence.
Reed’s co-defendant in the trial is still in prison serving a life sentence. He never alleged any torture at the hands of the police.
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The reason Reed’s confession was never used in his trial is that ballistics and other evidence tied him directly to the murders of Pamela Powers and Willie Williams.
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Reed reportedly bragged to witnesses after the crime that he killed the couple. That, as well as the ballistics evidence, would have convicted any defendant in the country.
The alleged tortured confession was never used in his trial and the jury never heard it. They convicted Reed based on the evidence.