Jaime Perez
12/2/17
Shadow of Truth
The documentary, “Shadow of Truth”, is about a girl named Tair Rada. She was 13 years old girl that lived in a small town called Kaztrin, located in Israel. On December 6, 2006, she was stabbed to death in the girl’s bathroom during school.
The police had multiple suspects; none had a strong connection to the evidence. A “very reliable” woman told the investigators that there was a man that was acting suspicious in the teachers’ lounge that day. That suspicious man was believed to be the gardener. But when they interviewed the gardener, they found out that he wasn’t even there that day, so they released him.
“The detectives made a list of every person in the school whom they could question, including Mr. …show more content…
Knives were his hobby. They found an article in his internet history on how to “subdue an enemy with a knife.” As well as child pornography. All these things created a bad image for Roman.
The investigators used an aggressive, unjust strategy on Roman. They told him that they found blood on his shoes and tools, which was a lie. Roman kept saying that that was impossible, but the next day, he said that he might have accidently touched the blood he saw in the men’s bathroom on the day of the murder, which is how blood got on his shoes and tools.
They kept Roman in a cell with an undercover cop. After some questioning from the cop, Roman confessed. Roman went into detail on how he did it. The next day, Roman denied everything to the interrogators. A few hours later, he broke down, and told them the details too. Roman was taken to the school to reenact the scene, and he reenacted the scene so well, it’s hard to have second thoughts on whether he did it or not. Twenty minutes before the reenactment though, he told the detectives that he didn’t know what happened. The response he got was to say what he …show more content…
Why would anyone want to do such a thing though? Psychological pressure. This sort of pressure makes people doubt their own memory. That’s why Roman confessed; that’s why many people confess. In the US, the 5th amendment protects people from self-incrimination. Sadly, Romans situation didn’t take place in the US. The bathroom Roman reenacted the crime scene in wasn’t even the correct one. The knife he said he used couldn’t have made the marks that were on Tair. All the information Roman gave didn’t match the crime scene. The detectives did a poor job right from the beginning. Not only did they accuse an innocent person, they treated Roman unjustly. They framed
12/2/17
Shadow of Truth
The documentary, “Shadow of Truth”, is about a girl named Tair Rada. She was 13 years old girl that lived in a small town called Kaztrin, located in Israel. On December 6, 2006, she was stabbed to death in the girl’s bathroom during school.
The police had multiple suspects; none had a strong connection to the evidence. A “very reliable” woman told the investigators that there was a man that was acting suspicious in the teachers’ lounge that day. That suspicious man was believed to be the gardener. But when they interviewed the gardener, they found out that he wasn’t even there that day, so they released him.
“The detectives made a list of every person in the school whom they could question, including Mr. …show more content…
Knives were his hobby. They found an article in his internet history on how to “subdue an enemy with a knife.” As well as child pornography. All these things created a bad image for Roman.
The investigators used an aggressive, unjust strategy on Roman. They told him that they found blood on his shoes and tools, which was a lie. Roman kept saying that that was impossible, but the next day, he said that he might have accidently touched the blood he saw in the men’s bathroom on the day of the murder, which is how blood got on his shoes and tools.
They kept Roman in a cell with an undercover cop. After some questioning from the cop, Roman confessed. Roman went into detail on how he did it. The next day, Roman denied everything to the interrogators. A few hours later, he broke down, and told them the details too. Roman was taken to the school to reenact the scene, and he reenacted the scene so well, it’s hard to have second thoughts on whether he did it or not. Twenty minutes before the reenactment though, he told the detectives that he didn’t know what happened. The response he got was to say what he …show more content…
Why would anyone want to do such a thing though? Psychological pressure. This sort of pressure makes people doubt their own memory. That’s why Roman confessed; that’s why many people confess. In the US, the 5th amendment protects people from self-incrimination. Sadly, Romans situation didn’t take place in the US. The bathroom Roman reenacted the crime scene in wasn’t even the correct one. The knife he said he used couldn’t have made the marks that were on Tair. All the information Roman gave didn’t match the crime scene. The detectives did a poor job right from the beginning. Not only did they accuse an innocent person, they treated Roman unjustly. They framed