At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

Finally, after curling up with the dog on the floor, Perez broke down and confessed. He said he had stabbed his father multiple times with a pair of scissors during an altercation in which his father hit Perez over the head with a beer bottle.

Perez’s father wasn’t dead — or even missing. Thomas Sr. was at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for a flight to see his daughter in Northern California. But police didn’t immediately tell Perez.

  • KillingTimeItself
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    17 months ago

    yeah, and that’s why plea deals explicitly negate that right. That’s kind of the entire point of how they work. You have to accept a plea deal.

    • lad
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      17 months ago

      What I meant is if they have a hard time proving guilt that might be because there is no guilt.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        27 months ago

        well yeah, that’s why plea deals are plea deals. They aren’t meant to be a 100% guilt. The entire point is that you accept a lesser charge, in exchange for a lesser sentence.