Putnam Investigator Testifies In False Confession Trial

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A former Putnam County investigator testified in court on Friday, Oct. 17, about claims he forced a confession out of a teenager accused of rape and murder in 1989, according to News 12 Westchester.

A former Putnam County investigator testified about claims he coerced a confession out of a teen accused of rape and murder.
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Joe Jenkins

10/20/2014 2:00 p.m.

Daniel Stephens administered a polygraph test to Jeffrey Deskovic in 1990, when Deskovic was 16. Deskovic claims that Stephens' line of questioning and the polygraph helped coerce Deskovic into giving a false confession, News 12 Westchester reported.

Stephens claims he never did anything to send Dskovic to prison, News 12 Westchester said.

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