Anne-Marie Green

She had just moved into her

apartment her brand new first apartment and she was killed in the apartment investigators found dna at the scene and then they start to zero in on a guy named christopher tapp after hours and hours of interrogation he falsely confesses to being at the scene of the murder and he spent many many years in prison eventually he was released and later he was fully exonerated um and in the end

The advances in DNA technology, genetic genealogy eventually identified the killer.

It was a man named Brian Dripps who eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.

But it really sort of got me thinking about the way...

interrogations are conducted and whether anything has changed.

Welcome back.

Well, in 2003, the Nassau County District Attorney, Dennis Dillon, decided to retry John Kogut, Dennis Halstead, and John Restivo for the murder of Teresa Fusco, starting with Kogut, who pleaded not guilty again.

And this time, Kogut decided to take his chances with a bench trial, which means there's no jury.

It's a single judge that is going to decide his fate.

But now, as we've been talking, there is new evidence that shows that the DNA did not match him.

or any of the other men, which means that the prosecution needs a different strategy.

What's their strategy in the retrial?

So then what's the approach for Kogut's defense attorney?

You know, he has to try to convince a judge to completely ignore this very detailed confession.

All three men initially sued Nassau County and police officials.

They lost.

And then John Restivo and Dennis Hall said they pursue another civil trial against Nassau County and police officials without John Kogut.

And they are awarded $18 million each, essentially a million dollars for each year that they spend behind bars.

But Kogut receives nothing.