Unveiling the Flaws in the Justice System: Marty Tankleff s Inspiring Journey from Coerced Confession to Exoneration on the California Innocence Project Podcast
Unveiling the Flaws in the Justice System: Marty Tankleff s Inspiring Journey from Coerced Confession to Exoneration on the California Innocence Project Podcast
Tarun Tejpal and Curious Case of the Coerced Confession
The judge disregards his emailed apology â in which he admits to a sexual encounter with the complainant â on dubious grounds, even though this admission is certainly at odds with his defence, accepted by the judge, that what occurred was merely âdrunken banterâ.
File photo of Tarun Tejpal. Photo: PTI
In the year 2013, a young journalist working at
Tehelka accused Tarun Tejpal, the owner and editor-in-chief of the magazine, of sexually assaulting her on two occasions, on November 7 and 8, 2013, in the lift of a hotel in Goa. On November 18, 2013, she filed a complaint with Shoma Chaudhury, the magazine’s managing editor, asking that a sexual harassment cell be constituted to conduct an inquiry. Based on media reports, the Goa police took