In 2009, an inmate named James
Washington suffered a series of severe seizures. Washington, aged 50, felt
he was on death’s door. He wanted to die with a clear conscience so he motioned
a guard to come closer to him. “I have something to tell you,” said Washington
in a weak voice.[1]
James Washington admitted that
almost 15 years earlier, he had beaten a woman to death. He had rolled her up
in a rug and dragged her to an abandoned apartment, which he then set on fire
to cover up evidence… firefighters called to the scene then found the remains
of the lady, 35-year-old Joyce Goodener. The case was unsolved until Washington
confessed on his death bed…
Only it wasn’t his
deathbed — James Washington beat the odds and survived. He then tried to recant
his confession, claiming he was “hallucinating” because of medication he was
on. Police didn’t buy it, of course. Already in prison for a 2006 attempted
murder, Washington had 51 years added to his sentence.
Footnotes [1] Inmate James Washington Convicted After Death Bed Murder
Confession
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