to hear beverly s case. steve northup and katie monroe believed beverly had been convicted of murder based on statements that were coerced. they obtained detective riley s investigation notes, which katie described as revealing. he decided up front that it was a homicide, and he decided up front that my mom had done it. and then he viewed everything through that lens. and, she says, once the detective zeroed in on her mother, he resorted to police dirty tricks, and his bullying took its toll. he wore her down. and he caused her to second guess herself and her memory. but prosecutor jack lewis contends beverly wasn t coerced, saying she went along with riley because she had to explain why she flunked that polygraph and would say anything to keep the suicide theory alive. at this stage of the game, she still thought that suicide was a valid defense for her.
but in a huge victory, in april of 1999, a federal judge agreed to hear beverly s case. steve northup and katie monroe believed beverly had been convicted of murder based on statements that were coerced. they obtained detective riley s investigation notes, which katie described as revealing. he decided up front that it was a homicide, and he decided up front that my mom had done it. and then he viewed everything through that lens. and, she says, once the detective zeroed in on her mother, he resorted to police dirty tricks, and his bullying took its toll. he wore her down. and he caused her to second guess herself and her memory. but prosecutor jack lewis contends beverly wasn t coerced, saying she went along with riley because she had to explain why she flunked that polygraph and would say anything to keep the suicide theory alive. at this stage of the game, she still thought that suicide
hail mary pass because the courts refused to review 90% of such cases. but in a huge victory, in april of 1999, a federal judge agreed to hear beverly s case. steve northup and katie monroe believed beverly had been convicted of murder based on statements that were coerced. they obtained detective riley s investigation notes, which katie described as revealing. he decided up front that it was a homicide, and he decided up front that my mom had done it. and then he viewed everything through that lens. and, she says, once the detective zeroed in on her mother, he resorted to police dirty tricks, and his bullying took its toll. he wore her down. and he caused her to second guess herself and her memory. but prosecutor jack lewis contends beverly wasn t coerced, saying she went along with riley because she had to explain why she flunked that polygraph and would say anything to keep the suicide theory alive.
state of virginia was falsely imprisoning beverly monroe. it s the legal equivalent of a hail mary pass because the courts refused to review 90% of such cases. but in a huge victory, in april of 1999, a federal judge agreed to hear beverly s case. steve northup and katie monroe believed beverly had been convicted of murder based on statements that were coerced. they obtained detective riley s investigation notes, which katie described as revealing. he decided up front that it was a homicide, and he decided up front that my mom had done it. and then he viewed everything through that lens. and, she says, once the detective zeroed in on her mother, he resorted to police dirty tricks, and his bullying took its toll. he wore her down. and he caused her to second guess herself and her memory. but prosecutor jack lewis contends beverly wasn t coerced,