Comments on: 8-Year-Old's Confession Draws Fire

Taped Interrogation Of Child Accused Of Killing Dad "Absurd," Says CBS News Legal Analyst

[dangyankee69]

Nancy Naive, and other Armchair Attorneys, You have to realize that this crime occurred in a close-knit, rural community. If it was more like Mayberry that would suit most of the residents just fine. Facts are Facts and even in Mayberry the fact is that a confession is a pretty weak piece of evidence. All by itself it doesn''t prove anything, and in this case it would be very easy to point out to a jury that the statements made by this child don''t prove a thing. If the Judge doesn''t throw out the confession that decision will be cause for an appeal. If he does the fact that the prosecutors office released the tape of the confession to the media provides grounds for an appeal. Ironically, most people who have viewed the video seem to be coming away doubting the childs guilt. Was this what the prosecutor''s office was hoping for? Or were they just responding to pressure from the unscrupulous media? Either way they made a big mistake. Big surprise the Apache County Attorney lost the fall election.

Is the way this case is being handled the result of political motives? Is the current attorney trying to give the incoming one a black eye in the hope that by the time of the next election voters won''t remember that it was he who released the video?

[evian_ycnan]

The good news... this`ll be a career-ender for Barney Phife when the the defense lawyers and the judge gets through with him...

[evian_ycnan]

It`s a podunk town in the middle of bumfvck Az. The town`s Barney Phife probably screwed up the crime scene and now any evidence is gone. So they pull shenanigans with an 8-year old.

[docadams3]

I''ve listened to the recording several times. I have a son a little older and it doesn''t sound like he really knows what happened. He certainly doesn''t seem to grasp the horror of it.

[psk123-2009]

Why do I get the feeling this little boy is completely innocent? There seems to be no actual evidence that the boy killed his father or the other man. No one bothered to give this boy his rights, a lawyer or a parent/guardian while he was being questioned. The little boy''s so called confession does not even sound plausible.

[paganmama]

If an adult had not been marandized, wouldn''t the confession be inadmissiable? Isn''t any confession by a child under the age of 16, who does not have parent or legal representation inadmissible? How did this case even get this far?