Police Fabricated Evidence, Coerced Witnesses to Accuse and Imprison Innocent Man...

Police Fabricated Evidence, Coerced Witnesses to Accuse and Imprison Innocent
Man in Murdock Murders, Lawsuit Charges

Video-Taped Interrogation by Police Shows Aggressive, Coercive Tactics Used to
Illicit False Confession

What: Attorneys representing Matthew Livers, an innocent man who spent seven
months in jail after police wrongfully accused him of murdering Wayne and
Sharmon Stock, filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging that officers manipulated
him into a confession, fabricated and concealed evidence, and coerced
witnesses into implicating Livers in the crime.

According to the suit, Cass County Sheriff's Investigator Earl Schenck,
Sheriff's Sergeant Sandra Weyers, and Nebraska State Patrol Investigators
William Lambert and Charles O'Callaghan proceeded to conduct a murder
investigation that was an "egregious example of police misconduct."

When/Where: Lawsuit being filed in Omaha, Nebraska

MEDIA TELECONFERENCE TODAY with Livers' attorneys
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
10:30 am central

Call in number: 1-800-791-2345
Pass code: 50029

Who: Locke Bowman, Northwestern University's Roderick MacArthur Justice
Center, Chicago, attorney for Matthew Livers
Steve Drizin, Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions,
Chicago, attorney for Matthew Livers

Why: As a result of the unconstitutional and illegal tactics used in the
investigation, Livers, who is mildly retarded, spent months in jail, his
reputation was ruined, and many ties with family members were severed. He is
seeking monetary compensation for the officers' misconduct.

CONTACT: Nora Ferrell, +1-312-408-2580 ext 24, cell, +1-773-510-4819, or Hugh
McMullen, +1-312-408-2580 ext 15, cell, +1-740-707-7493, both for MacArthur
Justice Center

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- March 12/

SOURCE MacArthur Justice Center