Upon reading and visiting the locations of the murder of Katrina Suhan in the South Amboy State Vs Thomahl Cook Case, I have had mixed reactions and feelings. Also, upon reading online that the defendant (Cook) had appealed his conviction, several questions were raised. If you have read the Supreme courts documents of Thomahl Cook’s appeal you will notice like I did, that there are multiple discrepancies in the police investigation. For example, when the police first questioned Thomahl Cook he was given his Miranda Right’s as he should have, but after that when the police started to interrogate him about the Suhan murder, the interrogations were never recorded. The defendant (Cook) also never had a lawyer present. Cook was arrested on …show more content…
At the Home Depot in Old Bridge there is a memorial for Katrina Suhan. Upon further investigation an employee of the Home Depot in informed me that for approximately one year during and after the memorial was put up the father of Katrina regularly visited the memorial. But unfortunately the mother never did. The employee also informed me that for the past five months there have not been any visitors to the memorial. At the end of this paper you will see a photo of the memorial at the site. In conclusion, I believe that the South Amboy police department did not do its job thoroughly with the State vs. Thomahl Cook Case. In my opinion there were too many discrepancies. On one hand the police did certain parts of their jobs correctly but then again on the other hand they also failed a certain parts. The Supreme Court of New Jersey also failed in their jobs. They failed to allow evidence from another case that was in some ways connected to the defendants Case. Another item that the Supreme Court failed to do was disregard anything the defendant stated under the circumstance that all of his interrogations were not recorded. I don’t dislike the police, but the fact that the recorder was on the table and the police did not turn it on raises the question of “was it a false confession?” or “did the police force the confession out of him?” The police and court should have never convicted Thomahl Cook. The investigation was not conducted correctly and the police failed to do their