where? we re about somebody? it was in the middle. and again snead . you had a knife in your hand, all right? and prior to stabbing, stabbing her in the back, you cut her. it was essentially the police s convention, now roberts. do you think by me telling you this is gonna giving home tonight? tonight? today? i doubt it. well then why am i lying about all this to, to so i can go home? you re not lying. i am lying to you. i m lying to forefront, full front to your face. i am lying to you. i m lying to you, just so i can go home. which is exactly what juveniles who are falsely confessed to say was a motivating factor for falsely confessing. but by 8 am, six hours after the invitation began, randy snead had his confession. but you said tonight, is that true and accurate statement? yes. okay. when rosenfield delivered a clemency petition to virginia governor, nirider added volumes of evidence and support.
slowly, these stories are becoming to make headlines. now, we see, eyes are beginning to open, questions are beginning to be asked around the country. that is what happened in robert davis s case. one day in your life made a hell of a difference, didn t it? yeah. have you ever run into randy snead? if i was to see him walk down the street, i probably just keep walking because i don t really have anything to say to him, except, i told you so. i told you that i was innocent. so he was. so he is. that s all for this episode of dateline. i m craig melvin. thanks for watching.
roberts prison sentence, rosen field answered a phone call. there was she was. laura nirider, the director of the center of wrongful convictions and northwestern university school of law. she s a leading expert and false confession by young people. she heard about robbers case and offered to help. and help us understand what s happened to robert. as we watch the interrogation unfold. this is one of the most intense interrogations i ve ever seen. you have the right to remain silent. anything you say in will can be will against you. you ve got these officers, very close to robert, who s a big guy, pushing into that corner, increasing the pressure without touching him. randy the man robert has long trusted because the interview at 2 am, at which time robert has been awake 18 hours. never been in that house? no. again and again, more than 70 times start telling the truth.
who would listen. robert remained right where he was, in prison. during those same years, we asked repeatedly for an interview with randy snead, the officer who took roberts confession. but, as close as we got was county police chief, colonel steve sellers, since retired. he wasn t in office when snead was detective, but we ve talked to him. what s your sense of how he feels? i think he acted in his best interest. i think there wasn t malice in his actions. i think he had a very strong relationship with robert davis. but, this was interesting. chief sellers did not supports needs interrogations. not at all. i would say this, i believe the confession is an unreliable confession. what s more, the chief updated police methods when he took over. helping to prevent the kind of interrogation that ended up in the confession.
who are falsely confessed to say was a motivating factor for falsely confessing. but by 8 am, six hours after the invitation began, randy snead had his convention. but you said tonight, is that true and accurate statement? yes. okay. one rosen feel delivered a clemency petition to virginia governor, nirider added volumes of evidence and support. then, as we waited for an answer, i have nowhere, jessica sent, dear mr. rosen feel letter, emitting to the throat cutting, stab wounds to the back and was absolutely adamant that robert had nothing to do with it, whatsoever. so, jessica s affidavit was sent out to the governor to. everybody waited. and waited. then, on the governor s very last day in office, more than