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Tuesday 13 November 2012
Man Confesses To Murder On Death Bed, Survives Heart Attack 2 Face Consequences.
James Washington almost got away with murder. The Nashville man, in
prison on an unrelated sentence, made what he thought was a death bed
confession when he suffered a heart attack, admitting to the murder of
Joyce Goodener on July 5, 1995, according to WSMV. Washington believed
he wouldn’t live to face the consequences. Turns out, he did. Prison
guard James Tomlinson relayed Washington’s confession in court. “He kind
of got as best as he could, motioned, and said, ‘I have something to
tell you. I have to get something off my conscience and you need to hear
this.’ He said, ‘I killed somebody. I beat her to death,’” Tomlinson
told the jury. Washington tried to take back his statement after he
survived the heart attack, but it was too late. He was found guilty late
last month and now faces a life sentence, the Global Dispatch reports.
Washington’s confession puts him amongst the likes of Geraldine Kelly,
Tor Hepso and Henry Alexander, who all confessed to killings on their
death beds. These killers, however, passed on shortly after clearing
their minds.
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