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Johnny Pius' Brutal Murder
- Johnny Pius, a 13-year-old, was brutally murdered in 1979 with rocks stuffed in his mouth causing suffocation.
- His death shocked Long Island, marked by a severely bruised face and evidence suggesting juvenile involvement.
Coerced Confessions and Flawed Evidence
- Teen Peter Corduraro confessed under intense interrogation without proper legal rights, implicating three others.
- His confession and later recantation exposed police coercion and questionable evidence practices.
Burke's Key Testimony
- James Burke's testimony was crucial to convicting the teens despite no physical evidence linking them.
- Burke claimed overhearing confessions, which became the prosecution's primary evidence in a largely circumstantial case.