frank began corresponding with him. i just wanted to see if this needed to be investigated further. if there is an innocent man on death row. i had no problem punishing people for doing a terrible crime. i put many away myself. but this guy may have been railroaded. watch out for stuff here so you don t trip. have a seat right here. don t stand up this will we tell you to. all right? yeah, yeah, i got you. i m james aren duckett and we are currently at florida state prison at stark. i am sentenced to death so i am currently on death row. i ve been here since june 30th, 1988. i wrote duckett a letter. tell me more about this situation. well, i got a big letter back. he reached out to me.
gurley testified that she saw theresa talking to ducat. 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 the jury less than 9 0 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. 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.
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.
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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. eight of them wanted to tell me how they weren t guilty. one of the responses was from james duckett. and he seemed logical. he seemed articulate.