Originally Posted by Eric5273

He should get a new trial. The evidence against him was very weak, he was not allowed to be present at his own trial, nor was he allowed to testify, and someone else has since confessed to the murder.

This case was not so dissimilar to the case of Rubin Hurricane Carter. This was a case of a corrupt police department framing an investigative reporter who had typically written stories about their corruption.

Interestingly enough, the cop who was killed was hated within the department as he was a straight shooter, did not take money, and was considered a problem by local organized crime, and that's why he was killed.