Boy, you have to check suspects for MP3 players now, not just weapons.NYPD Detective Christopher Perino could lose his job because of an MP3 player's recording capability. Unfortunately for Perino, his suspect didn't have an iPod, which doesn't include recording as a standard feature --- and even more unluckily for Perino, it had coincidentally been given to the suspect days before as a Christmas present.
Perino, 42 and a 19-year NYPD vet, was indicted Dec. 6 for perjuring himself at the trial of a Bronx man charged with attempted murder. At the April trial, Perino insisted he did not try to pressure the prime suspect into signing a confession.
He also said he did not try to discourage the suspect, Erik Crespo, then 17, from talking with an attorney --- and also that he didn't try to convince Crespo that he didn't need an attorney.
What Perino didn't know is that Crespo turned on the recorder on his MP3 player during his interview. Oops. The recording disproved everything Perino said.
Because of the recording, Crespo received a plea deal, and he is now serving seven years on gun charges.
Now while Crespo apparently isn't a saint, I've seen those CourtTV shows where they outline how pressure, over hours, "Good Cop, Bad Cop" tactics --- and more --- convinced young suspects to confess when, in fact, they were innocent. I hope this cop gets the book thrown at him.
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However, while Crespo is apparently not a saint, I've seen these CourtTV shows that the authors describe how the pressure for hours, "Good Cop, Bad Cop" tactics and more convinced of juvenile suspects to confess --- --- when in fact they were innocent. I hope this book thrown at him CP.
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