I know when you learn that he was in jail when the ME says Mrs. Stoller was killed you think my gosh - this kid can not be guilty. But there is a very great deal more to the story.
When he was arrested for that little jail stint, he was driving Mrs. Stoller's car - and had the dead boy's ID on him.
This means the ME was wrong. Mrs. Stoller was dead when Perry was pulled over and taken to jail.
I also know when he claims he had a confession beat out of him; and you see the photos of him all banged up and bloodied, you can easily believe he was in fact beat up.
What you might not know, is that just prior to his arrest, he and Jason drove the truck they were in through a plate glass store front; which might account for his battered appearance.
In his confession, he gave a perfect description of Mrs. Stolers wounds; Not something he could do, if he were in fact not present at her murder, as he now tries to claim.
IMO, Michael Perry is a young psychopath. He should never be allowed free access to society. But because I have gotten to know him, I do harbor some concern for his welfare, I hope Texas can be convinced to give him the same sentence his co-defendant got - Life.
And - yes, his story is sad. But you should consider the roll he has played in making it that way.
I feel that being exposed to brain-damaging situations can result in a person being brain damaged. If you have your arm broken you can just not use it and get along OK. But what do you do if you have your brain broken? I think even if he did do it is really is not necessariy his "chioce" anymore than a person sleepwaling has choice and shold not really be blamed as a normal person would
he truth is so much stuff is out there exoneraning this boy, that he has a tendancy for confession, that "texas Jusitce" has little to do with justice and alot to do with physucal abuse, that the authorites tend to be "loose" with their criteria for evidence ,and their ethiics surrounding evidence compilement, interpretation and this kid is just a sitting duck someone completely powerless s,o that all corrupt tendancies can be acted out on him with no chance for
penalty. The veracity of the boys innocence is likely.
Imagine if he had kiledl somone while working in program , he could even be videotaped doing it & get away with it as long as their wasnt a mass public outcry and fight. Look at Marvin Lee Anderson.
The truth is these authorities "choose" what evidense exists, who confesses.
This kid should be given every bit of support, and a secod chance
