The story lumped "lying" together with "failure to read Miranda right", so I wonder how much of a "liar" this detective actually is? Did he slightly exaggerate something against a real scumbag once, or did he totally fabricte stories? Cops are routinely accused of lying. If indeed the detective is a liar, show me the conviction(s) for perjury.
There was no recording of the interrogation, no one else was in the room or watching from a two-way mirror, and Saldate said he threw away his notes shortly after completing his report.
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Specifically, the judge noted that the detective had been suspended five days for taking "liberties" with a female motorist and lying about it to his supervisors; that judges had tossed out four confessions or indictments because Saldate had lied under oath; and that judges suppressed or vacated four confessions because Saldate had violated a person's constitutional rights.
If there's enough suspicious behavior and circumstantial evidence to put Milke to death, there's certainly enough suspicious behavior and circumstantial evidence on Saldate's part to cast doubt on his testimony. After he'd been slapped down eight previous times by judges, I'm not buying that he "failed to read Miranda right"; how many lessons does that take? He was either a compulsive liar or irredeemably stupid, and had no business still being a detective.
Cops are accused of lying all the time because they can and do lie all the time.
It’s legal for a cop to lie to you while investigating, it’s illegal for you to lie to them.
It’s only perjury when they do it under oath.
This is why you never talk to the po-po.