guilty of capital sexual battery and murder in the first degree. on june 30th, 1988, james duckett was sentenced to death. when they sentenced him, it was probably one of the best days of my life. because i took a bad cop out who killed a child. 14 years after duckett s conviction, a retired miami police homicide detective named marshall frank began doing an investigation for a crime novel he wanted to write. i retired to a little town called maggie valley and it s in the mountains. it is beautiful. i had an idea for a novel in which the protagonist ends up on death row. so being an investigator, i wanted to talk to a death row inmate. i got 15 names. i wrote each of them a letter.
in the dark, alone with a monster. hurm called an eyewitness 17-year-old glen gurley to the stand. gurley testified that she saw teresa talking to duckett. moments later she saw duckett leave the scene with a small person in his police car. were you able to see the car? yes. were you able to see inside the car? yes. how many people did you see? two. prosecutors also called three women who each testified that officer duckett had made sexual advances while he was on duty. they were all accosted by duckett when he was on duty in uniform in his patrol car on the midnight shift and taken by him to wooded areas. it took jury less than 90 minutes to find james duckett guilty of capital sexual battery and murder in the first degree.
monster. herm called an eyewitness, 17-year-old glenn gurley, to the stand. she testified on the night of the murder she talked to duckett, moments later she saw duckett leave the scene with a small person in his police car. you saw him at the time when he turned the corner? yes. you did see inside the car? yes. how many people did you see? two. prosecutors also called three women who each testified that officer duckett had made sexual advances while he was on duty. they were all accosted by duckett when he was on duty, in uniform in his patrol car on the midnight shift and taken by him to wooded areas. it took the jury less than 90 minutes to find james duckett guilty of capital sexual battery and murder in the first degree. on june 30th, 1988, james duckett was sentenced to death.
in the dark, alone with a monster. hurm called an eyewitness glen gurly to the stand. he testified that she saw teresa talking to duckett. moments later she saw duckett leave the scene with a small person in his police car. were you able to see the car? yes. were you able to see inside the car? yes. how many people did you see? two. prosecutors also called three women who each testified that officer duckett had made sexual advances while he was on duty. they were all acosted by duckett when he was on duty in uniform in his patrol car on the midnight shift and taken by him to wooded areas. it took jury less than 90 minutes to find james duckett guilty of capital sexual battery and murder in the first degree. on june 30th, 1988, james