Why Is Eddie Lloyd Wrong

As is commonly known, a portion of today’s trials that take place are accusing the wrong person. But how long has this been a problem? There have been multiple trials in the past that have had the same thing occur, and many individuals are tried for crimes they did not commit. A large portion of those people are even found guilty and wrongfully thrown in jail. Unfortunately, Eddie Joe Lloyd was one of those people. Lloyd was a patient in a mental hospital who often wrote to police in hopes of helping with cases. He was in the mental hospital because he was diagnosed by a psychiatrist as “suffering from bipolar affective disorder and exhibited symptoms such as grandiosity and flight of ideas”, (Failed Justice). Because he often attempts to help solve cases, police reached out to him to discuss one particular case. This was the very case he was falsely accused of. …show more content…
In Detroit, Michigan. When the police questioned him on this case, they gave him details that were not out to the public. These details consisted of what the victim was wearing at the time of her death, such as her earrings and jeans, along with other detail. Later, his knowledge of these details would be used against him, making him out to seem like the culprit. “A simple endeavor that would have shown that a number of “facts” in Mr. Lloyd’s original letter were incorrect and that later admissions only matched the police’s prevailing theory of the case at the time and not the true particulars of the crime” (Wrongfully Convicted). Not only this, but police let Lloyd believe that by giving a written and recorded confession, he would help further the case in finding the real culprit. During the trial, the prosecutor played his recorded confession to the