http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/01/ferguson-jury-rethink-decision
Although some jurors are doubtful it seems many of those country bumpkins still think that their interpretation of Charles Erickson's facial expression during a brief glance at the trial of Ryan Ferguson constitutes sufficient evidence on which to base a verdict of guilty. The interrogators provided all the facts about the crime to schizophrenic junkie, Chuck Erickson, but the jurors believed Erickson's clearly bogus confession of a slightly built 17 year old Ryan Ferguson attacking a 300 pound ex-football player and winning a long, drawn-out fight but sustaining no bruises during the encounter. No forensic evidence linked Ryan Ferguson to the crime. Considerable evidence pointed towards the co-worker.
Police never treated the last known person to see the victim, Kent Heitholt, alive even though that coworker is a large and powerful man with police training in unarmed combat. The police never viewed him or noted any bruises on him after the crime, since they thought a telephone call was adequate. The police never seemed worried about his ever changing stories about which car he drove and where he parked it. The police never compared the lug nuts on the coworkers car with the dents on the victims skull.
Chuck Erickson dreamed about the killing and the police latched onto a willing confessor despite the absurdity of the situation. It wasn't as if the cops had never learned basic interrogation techniques. It wasn't as if the DA didn't know how to evaluate evidence. This was no glitch in the system. It was all intentional.
ADDENDUM: AG, running true to form, files responsive pleading at end of final day allowed. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/03/state-files-response-to-ferguson-appeal
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What about the lie detector test that Ryan supposedly failed. Did the police just say he failed, like they often do, in order to try to get a confession from him. Not admissible in court, but could be one more thing to help show a judge his innocence.
I am unaware of any polygraph examination that the police performed or even wanted to perform on Ryan Ferguson.
Some posters on various internet sites have flogged that issue but I see no relevance to polygraph tests and much more prefer tea leaves.
Fleastiff:
I realize I'm late to the party on this post, but I have been following Ryan Ferguson's case closely for years, and I was intrigued by your comments - particularly your characterization of Mr. Boyd as a "large and powerful man with police training in unarmed combat." I've never seen reference to him having that kind of training before, and was just curious where you learned that and if you know any more about it, e.g. when and why he pursued such training.
Thank you.
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