The Case Of Brenton Butler Vs The State Of Florida

According to the New York Times, nearly half of those exonerated of crimes since 1989 are black. These exonerations were murder, rape and drug related crimes. In the same fashion, the Huffington Posts states that about 20 percent of exonerations in 2015 were for convictions based on false confessions. The cases were mainly homicides that incriminated defendants who were mentally disabled, and or under 18. In the case of Fifteen- year old Brenton Butler, he was a victim of Third degree interrogation which lead to a false confession. Ultimately, this resulted in his imprisonment of 6 months, while awaiting trial for murder.
Murder on a Sunday Morning documented the case and trial of Brenton Butler VS. the State of Florida. The case reflects the murder and robbery of Mary Ann Stephens. Mary Ann Stephens was a tourist visiting Jacksonville, Florida with her husband Mr. Stephens. According to Stephens a black male standing about 6’2” with a skinny build robbed and shot Mrs. Stephens.. The male then fled the scene with the gun and the purse of the victim. Two hours following the incident, Detective Williams whom was in the area spotted Brenton Butler sitting on a bench and approached him. He ook him into his car to go to the station for questioning. Before driving off , Mr. Stephens,

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