I hadn't heard of this case before. Quite apart from the risk of more people dying because of the murderer's lies, there seems to be a question mark over William Bennett's conviction on an unrelated charge.
Bennett was never charged with the crime but served 12 years for armed robbery of a video store – a charge he denied – and was released in 2002. Hehir goes on: “The story ended in the public’s eyes sometime in January of 1990. The story for the Bennett family still isn’t over to this day.”
I hadn't heard of this case before. Quite apart from the risk of more people dying because of the murderer's lies, there seems to be a question mark over William Bennett's conviction on an unrelated charge.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/07/we-failed-the-city-of-boston-how-a-racist-manhunt-led-to-chaos-in-1989