i thought it was a solid confession and that he was guilty. but almost immediately, eddie lowery hires an attorney and recants the confession. he really didn t realize at that point the consequences of admitting to a crime that he didn t commit. i know that might sound really strange to people and particularly a jury. my opinion is that a jury has a real obstacle to overcome when a person admits to a crime and then later recants and said, no, i didn t do that. the trial begins on november 19th, 1981. though lowery s confession is the only clear evidence linking him to the rape, prosecutor pat caffey knows it s the best type of evidence to put before a jury. most of them are going to be thinking just like i think. i can t imagine a circumstance where i would admit to a rape. coming up, if lowery is innocent as he claims, why would
that time that he put the right person in prison that he started he made up an excuse how i could have been there. i still believe it s possible that he may have been at the scene or that he may have patrick caffey, the prosecutor who convicted lowery made a similar statement during msnbc s interview with him. maybe he did know something about the crime. i don t know. i don t know that. how would he know anything about the crime? well, you re asking me for speculation pure speculation here, but perhaps he was with the rapist. i don t know. barry scheck reacted strongly when told of the former prosecutor s statement. you re telling me that eddie lowery gave a false confession that he and he alone committed this crime and protected brewer a serial rapist who was raping other people in the neighborhood? that s what you re telling me? then you ve learned nothing. and that kind of prosecutor who refuses to learn anything, we don t need.
aggravated battery. both the victim and the prosecutor are satisfied. they think eddie lowery should be off the streets. it appeared to be a situation where justice was done. lowery is sentenced to 13 years to life. he s hauled off to lansing correctional, the state s oldest and biggest prison for the worst of the worst. he is just 22 years old. i just kind of sunk. you know i was like you know i can t believe this. you know i just ruined my life and i m accused of rape. i m a sex offender. man, i thought my life was over. this is really one of the only times i thought about suicide. i was scared. i didn t know what to do. i was i didn t know if i was going to make it in prison. in his first year behind bars, lowery loses everything in his life that has meaning. he s dishonorably discharged from the army. his family rarely visits. and then the final blow. a dear john letter from his
19th, 1981. though lowery s confession is the only clear evidence linking him to the rape, the prosecutor pat caffey knows it s the best type of evidence to put before a jury. most of them are going to be thinking just like i think. i can t imagine a circumstance where i would admit to a rape. coming up if lowery is innocent as he claims why would he confess to a rape? p hd display and camera. touch acquiring nfc. hearing evolving with beats audio. wireless charging activated. introducing droid dna by htc. it s not an upgrade to your phone. it s an upgrade to yourself.
the butt of a knife, and raped her. and that s when they stopped the interrogation and they actually arrested me for rape, aggravated burglary and aggravated assault. the prosecutor pat caffey, kansas versus lowery seems like an open-and-shut case. he never denied that he made the confession. there wasn t a situation where he said, no, i didn t really confess. this was he never said that. i thought it was a solid confession and that he was guilty. but almost immediately, eddie lowery hires an attorney and recants the confession. he really didn t realize at that point the consequences of admitting to a crime that he didn t commit. i know that might sound really strange to people and particularly a jury. my opinion is that a jury has a real obstacle to overcome when a person admits to a crime and then later recants and said, no, i didn t do that. the trial begins on november