I wanted to let everyone know that I registered to this site just so I could voice my opinion on this story. I've been visiting this site for about 3 weeks now. In particular, I wanted to address the post of LieBabyCryBaby.

I'm probably not as anti-polygraph as the other people on this site [yet], but I'm quite ahgast by your suggestion that Deskovic was only an alleged "victim." The theory that Mr. Deskovic might have been an accomplice/witness to the murder of the school girl is simply ridiculous.

Believing he is in fact guilty, that would mean that when he confessed, he was secretly protecting his partner in crime by taking full responsibility, only to exaust all his appeal options. Years later, he then decides to back stab his partner by requesting the DNA scan of the semen found in the victims vagina, knowing full well that it will implicate the man he was protecting. Then, his accomplice, now confronted with this evidence due to the betrayal of Deskovic, decides to protect deskovic by taking on the guilt for the murder immediately after Deskovic betrayal, and is secretly protecting Deskovic at this very moment as he pleads guilty to the rape and murder.

That is quite simply the most ludacris tall tale I have ever heard! Under normal circumstances, I would simply poke fun at you for making absurd theories. Given the suffering that Deskovic has already endured, you owe him an apology.

Furthermore, the report on this failure of the justice system explains that Deskovic foolishly tried to provide the police with evidence, as if he was in some kid detective movie. If he was in league with a 30 year old man to rape and terrorize his community, his actions would have certainly gotten him an asswooping from his master and role model. The accomplice theory was unsupported when the DA presented it to the jury, and now it's simply slanderous. In all seriousness, you should appoligize. Think it through next time. This was not your best post.

After having read the report, I'm skocked by the revelation that 24% of false convictions are due to false confessions. Indeed, the report is wise to recommend an inquiry into this phenoma. Certainly in this case, there is good reason to investigate the polygraphs role in the false confession. I say this because it seems to me that Deskovic was far more resistent to the police department's aggressive interrogation techniques than the report gives him credit for. Yes, he confessed after a 5 hour interrogation on the Jan 25, but he also went through a 4 hour interrogation on Jan 10 and didn't confess. The investigation involved hostile interrogation techniques througout december and January, but it is noted that Deskovic passionately resisted the police accusations of guilt. Up until the polygraph, he seemed quite capable of protecting himself despit naivly believing the police were his friends. Then the polygraph was called upon like some Holy Hand Grenade that ultimately proved to be the ONE thing that Deskovic couldn't handle. In march, he had to be put in a hospital because he was considered a suicide risk. "Suicide risk!?" Did I read the report right?? OH MY GOD!! [take a deep breath brettski, slow deep breaths]

So, was he on the brink of cracking and would have confessed on the 25th with or without the polygraph results, or is there something fundamentally tramatizing about the polygraph technique? I don't know, but society NEEDS to know. The scary thing is, if I didn't know what I know now, I probably would have made the same verdict as the jury. I can pass no judgement on them.