Federal Jury Clears Boston Police Detective Of Manufacturing Evidence Against Shawn Drumgold, But FInds He Still Violated Drumgold's Civil RIghts. Really????
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The Boston Globe is reporting:
A federal jury in Boston found today that a retired Boston police detective violated the civil rights of Shawn Drumgold, causing him to be wrongfully convicted for the notorious 1988 slaying of 12-year-old Darlene Tiffany Moore. The jury did not award monetary damages, but the case is expected to continue in US District Court on Monday. The 11-member jury deliberated five days before it concluded that retired detective Timothy Callahan violated Drumgold’s rights by concealing that he had housed Ricky Evans, a key prosecution witness, at a Howard Johnson, fed him repeatedly, and paid him $20, according to one of Drumgold’s lawyers, Rosemary Scapicchio.
However:
The jury rejected Drumgold's allegation that Callahan intentionally or recklessly obtained false statements or manufactured evidence regarding Evans's testimony. It also rejected Drumgold's claim that Callahan deliberately withheld evidence from prosecutors or that police promised Evans favorable treatment on criminal cases that were pending against him.
Seems the jury rejected the notion that the detectives committed any intentional wrongdoing against Drumgold. Jury also found that the detective did not withhold evidence from the prosecutors. How did they still find Detective Callahan liable for violating Drumgold's civil rights?
