SAN FRANCISCO / Cultural issues in murder case / Man who confessed is acquitted

SAN FRANCISCO / Cultural issues in murder case / Man who confessed is acquitted

an sf jury acquitted a man who had confessed to murder after the defense argued that he had falsely admitted to the crime while acting out his cultural role as a matai in covering for a family member.

my parents live not too far from this area where the crime took place and to say its a tough area would be putting it mildly.

the most annoying point of this article is an investigator paying the accusser (whom is the nephew of the acquitted man) $100 after accusing his uncle of the crime. the investigator acknowledged the payment during the trial saying that "he felt sorry".