The $8 Million Case Against Buncombe

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May's allegation that Larry Williams Jr. was subjected to a coercive, unrecorded interrogation conducted by law enforcement officials and prosecutors during the Walter Bowman homicide investigation. The Asheville Citizen-Times article is cited to document reporting that Williams, then sixteen years old, was questioned by officials including District Attorney Ron Moore and Sheriff Bobby Medford, was threatened with life imprisonment, and ultimately provided statements implicating himself and others. May relies upon this source to support his claim that coercive interrogation practices were employed in Buncombe County criminal investigations and that such practices contributed to false or unreliable statements later used in criminal prosecutions. May further cites the article to document the involvement of APD Detective Forrest Weaver in Williams' interrogation and to support his allegation that Detective Weaver also participated in the Defendant's investigation by witnessing the Defendant's written confession.

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