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At least four inmates remembered murder details in newspaper articles, giving informants material to fabricate testimony. The investigator denied it.
Paul Skalnik described prosecutors as partners: “We never lost a case.”
Prosecutors dismissed child-sexual-assault charges against Skalnik when his credibility mattered for upcoming testimony.
Prosecutors made a deal to move Paul Skalnik’s incarceration to Texas, including his Florida crimes, to stop him talking.
After testifying, Skalnik effectively moved into Rogers's beach house, damaged it, and used Rogers's credit card.
A 2024 National Registry of Exonerations report found jailhouse testimony in 7% of wrongful-conviction cases and 25% of death-penalty cases.
Jim Dailey’s prosecution rested chiefly on Jack Pearcy’s accusation, despite Pearcy being the prime suspect with blood on his shoes.
After Skalnik supplied alleged confessions, his five-year exposure became probation. He was arrested for theft less than five months later.
Skalnik accused the Moody Park Three of planning the riot, recruiting youths, and bringing weapons and alcohol. Nothing corroborated it.
Pinellas County’s death sentences rose so fast that one lawyer joked about building a separate death-row wing.
Skalnik’s release was documented as resulting from cooperation with prosecutors, even as prosecutors denied trading leniency for testimony.
Prosecutors called Paul Skalnik a liar about being coached while insisting his earlier testimony was true.
Skalnik’s jailhouse-informant testimony became central partly because it offered the prosecution its most detailed narrative.
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