How does an Arizona television station have a 12-minute segment of the videotaped "interview" with that 8 year-old boy accused of murder? They say they got it from the prosecutor's office. What am I missing? It's allegedly a confession tape, so even if they didn't hand over the segment where the "confession" occurred, I still have a problem with them releasing any part of that interview. And there hasn't even been a preliminary hearing yet, so should the state really be releasing its evidence to the media?
But beyond that, it's a case in which an 8 year-old is charged with murder. Aren't juvenile cases in Arizona confidential? I don't do juvenile cases at all, so I don't really know exactly how that aspect usually works, but releasing video tapes to media outlets seems wrong to me.
I saw this on Fox News. The frequent consultant there, (last name Napalitano, hair like a fur cap) came down pretty hard, saying that whomever leaked it might be charged with a felony, and how the interrogation violates laws in Arizona involving who must be present when the police interview children like this.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind seeing someone charged in this. I've commented before that I can't imagine the questioning of the kid was conducted legally. I know there are places where police can't even question a totally unsuspected child witness without a parent or guardian's approval.
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