Borrowed Time Promo

This is the promo for the much anticipated documentary. Please Pay Attention,

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Criminal Justice
• Death Penalty
• Chain of Rocks
• Marlin Gray
• Reggie Clemons
• St. Louis
• Documentary

[KOHF34]

Thomas Cummins never confessed to the crime. Police did suspect him, as he did fail a polygraph test, but he never confessed. In addition Marlin himself went through was in an audio and video tape of himself reenacting what happened. Sure, I may not believe in Capital punishment, but the evidence is overwhelming in this case.

[MsClara2205]

@johanna710 I'm black and I have to admit that I am tired of hearing this excuse. I am also against the death penalty, but the defendants in this case have not made things easy for themselves. Even now, they can't seem to tell the truth. The girls were raped and killed. Their lives do not mean any less because they were white. Had this been two black girls that were murdered, would people be so willing to accept the conflicting statements made by the defendants?

[WhatsAYak]

Also, an internal affairs investigation found no evidence of brutality against either Gray or Clemons...however, Gray did tell his fellow thugs that he "felt like hurting someone" that night, passed out condoms, and congratulated Richardson for his bravery. And why did Gray's version of events continually change every time he told it?

Oh, and Richardson willingly agreed to be questioned BEFORE he was charged...his arrest didn't happen until Gray and Clemons named him as a co-conspirator.

[WhatsAYak]

@ananomolly - I did my homework...again, Cummins' "confession" was nothing more than him saying something to the effect of "You want me to say I did it? Fine, put down w/e you want", and it was neither written nor videotaped...in fact, when the arresting detectives sheepishly informed the DA of this oversight, he disgustedly told them they had no case and to let Cummins go. Also, why did Richardson threaten a witness during the trial, not to mention how Gray's GF tesified that he was abusive?

[ananomolly]

For all of you who think they're guilty, you need to do a little more research. Tom Cummins DID confess. He also filed a police brutality lawsuit & won $150,000. Antonio was taken into custody & questioned without a guardian as a minor - AGAINST THE LAW. Marlon & Reggie were severely beaten & their "confessions" were coerced. There was ZERO DNA evidence to support that the girls were raped. In fact, one of the bodies was never recovered. Do your homework before you open your mouths.

[realrocky8591]

It's obvious that Marlin Gray did it. He was black, and both victims were white women. That itself tells the story. He did it out of racial hatred.

Any fool can see that.

[WhatsAYak]

@johanna710 - Yeah, really...in fact, it was claimed that fellow killer Antonio Richardson was mentally retarded, yet he gave a thoughtfully-constructed version of events leading up to the murders when arrested, not to mention that he willingly chose to go to trial.

[WhatsAYak]

@n0velti - Tom Cummins' "confession" was nothing more than him saying something to the effect of "You want me to say I did it? Fine, I did it" to stop the police from harassing him (he maintained his innocence throughout the interrigation), and b/c it was neither written nor videotaped, they had nothing on him. Oh, and why was Clemons found to have Cummins' firefighter's badge in his posession when he was arrested?

[johanna710]

i think  that regardless of race the facts should speak for themselves, I'm tired of hearing people play the law as it fits, "mental defects", etc... just take responsibility for your actions, if you were a though cookie to commit the crime then man up and take it like a man

[sarahnicolep10]

@Kamiamom Maybe you should get your facts straight. The people who have been released from death row are people who were convicted before the technology we have now became available, and through extensive DNA testing they were proved innocent. Now that we have this testing, if the evidence is there, it is there. This man helped rape and murder two innocent girls. I don't care if he is black or not, murder is murder. Being black doesn't mean you can get away with murder.