The Idaho 4 Case Just Got a Whole Lot Messier – Here's the Latest.

From my perspective as a retired NYPD sergeant, this filing looks less like the discovery of a completely new suspect and more like an attempt to attack the legal process that produced the conviction.That does not mean the court should ignore his allegations.Every defendant is entitled to competent counsel and a constitutionally valid plea.If his attorneys withheld genuinely exculpatory evidence or made materially false representations, the court must investigate that.But a defendant cannot knowingly answer every plea question, obtain the benefit of avoiding death and later erase the agreement simply because he dislikes prison or believes public attention has created a new opportunity.