Man on his deathbed confesses to murder, then makes miraculous recovery; jailed for 51 years
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[quote=CBS News]A Tennessee man has been found guilty of murder after making a "deathbed confession" to the crime, only to recover later, CBS affiliate WSMV reports.
In 2009, James Washington confessed to killing Joyce Goodener in 1995 after he thought he was about to die of a heart attack. At the time, he was in jail for an unrelated crime. As he lay in his hospital bed, he confided in his guard, James Tomlinson.
"He kind of got as best as he could, motioned, and said, 'I have something to tell you. I have to get something off my conscience and you need to hear this.' He said, 'I killed somebody. I beat her to death,'" Tomlinson testified last week in court.
Goodener's body was discovered on July 5, 1995 in an empty house in Nashville. Police said she was stabbed in the neck, set on fire and beaten with a cinder block.
Investigators said the case grew cold, as there wasn't even a DNA sample that could lead them to a suspect.
Prosecutors said Washington was always considered a suspect due to knowing the victim and admitting he saw her the day she died, but there was never any real evidence until Washington unexpectedly provided it himself.
Washington tried to change his confession when his health improved, but he was convicted of first-degree murder last week. He is expected to be sentenced to at least 51 years in prison.[/quote]
[quote]Police said she was stabbed in the neck, set on fire and beaten with a cinder block.[/quote]
Mother fucker, I seriously hope he dies of a heart att-
oh.
Is it wrong that I feel kinda bad for him even though he's a murderer?
Here's to another 51 years.
This has been posted a while ago
So what am I supposed to think here
Karma thought it was good that he confessed, so he recovered, or Karma thinks he should suffer because of the murder
[QUOTE=GameDev;38412670]So what am I supposed to think here
Karma thought it was good that he confessed, so he recovered, or Karma thinks he should suffer because of the murder[/QUOTE]
Hey, Karma's a bitch.
[QUOTE=GameDev;38412670]So what am I supposed to think here
Karma thought it was good that he confessed, so he recovered, or Karma thinks he should suffer because of the murder[/QUOTE]
Karma's a bitch, ain't she?
[QUOTE=macotaco;38412715]Hey, Karma's a bitch.[/QUOTE]
GOD DAMN IT NINJA'D BY FIVE SECONDS
Definitely not going to confess my murders on my deathbed now that I now this
[QUOTE=GameDev;38412670]So what am I supposed to think here
Karma thought it was good that he confessed, so he recovered, or Karma thinks he should suffer because of the murder[/QUOTE]
that's not even karma
That must really suck.
[QUOTE=Griffster26;38412743]that's not even karma[/QUOTE]
I see it as double-karma. Basically getting good and bad karma at the same time.
karma doesn't exist
Cheer up bud, now your conscience is clear!
Hah. Serves you right you piece of stool.
Serve your time wasting away in jail. Taking a life is the worst you can do.
[QUOTE=lapsus_;38412742]Definitely not going to confess my murders on my deathbed now that I now this[/QUOTE]
Yeah no point considering you just confessed to them here.
(yes I know he just worded it wrong)
It was the guilt that was killing him, by admitting it he saved his own life.
Should have kept his mouth shut, spared himself more prison.
You wait. He'll nearly die again and he'll confess to an even worse murder and he'll be fine!
This man knows something.
[QUOTE=bob4life;38412663]This has been posted a while ago[/QUOTE]
yeah, I posted it, but this one's updated with his sentence so it's ok
[quote][b]Goodener's body was discovered on July 5, 1995 in an empty house in Nashville. Police said she was stabbed in the neck, set on fire and beaten with a cinder block.[/b][/quote]
No kill like overkill, I guess.
[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;38413409]No kill like overkill, I guess.[/QUOTE]
Shame you can't overkill anymore, with forensics nowadays it's hard enough for single kill.
Reminds me of this joke I heard. It went something like
"Doc just diagnosed me with cancer, he said I've got two months. Murdered him, now I've got twenty years!"
This was posted like a day ago.
[editline]11th November 2012[/editline]
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1223862[/url]
[QUOTE=YourFriendJoe;38413446]Shame you can't overkill anymore, with forensics nowadays it's hard enough for single kill.[/QUOTE]
wow yeah what a shame
I'm surprised they convicted him just like that... Did the guard record it or something? He could very easily just say "I was delirious from being on my death bed and thinking I was about to die" and they'd have nothing.
Seems odd no?
[QUOTE=Judas;38413046]karma doesn't exist[/QUOTE]
Don't be a buzzkill man
[QUOTE=lapsus_;38412742]Definitely not going to confess my murders on my deathbed now that I now this[/QUOTE]
He confessed to a police officer who was guarding him in his hospital bed because he was in jail. There probably couldn't have been a worse person he could have confessed to.
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