McCollum said that a confession was forced out of him after hours of questioning without a lawyer. “I had never been under this much pressure, with a person hollering at me and threatening me,” McCollum told the News & Observer in a recent interview. “I just made up a story and gave it to them so they would let me go home.” He had signed a statement written by investigators before he asked, “Can I go home now?” Brown said that he was subjected to the same treatment and was also made to sign a confession under threats of execution. They later recanted during the trial. McCollum noted in his written confession that two other men were also a part of the crime, but they were never prosecuted, the Times notes. theroot/articles/culture/2014/09/mentally_disabled_half_brothers_cleared_of_1983_nc_rape_and_murder_by_dna.html
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