Court finds that police coerced murder confession
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UPDATE: This story has been updated with comment from the public defender involved in the case.
SALEM – A Woodburn man’s murder conviction has been overturned after the Oregon Court of Appeals determined that police coerced his confession, telling him members of his family, including his infant son, wouldn’t be released from custody unless he admitted to the crime.
The court’s 7-6 decision, issued Dec. 4, centers on Eloy Vasquez-Santiago,…
