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Criminal

Aug. 8, 2006

Recording Police Interviews Must Be Mandatory

Forum Column - When Jeannette Popp's daughter was murdered, her whole world turned upside down.

Forum Column

By Stephen A. Drizin



When Jeannette Popp's daughter was murdered, her whole world turned upside down. When the police told her that Christopher Ochoa had confessed the brutal details of the rape and murder for which he later pled guilty, she was relieved to know that at least the killer was off the streets and that justice had been served. Or so she thought. Twelve years later, DNA evidence proved that Ochoa's confession w...

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