Talk:Peter Reilly

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Peter Reilly is also the name of a person who was falsely imprisoned for 3 years in 1973 because he gave a false confession

here's the howstuffworks blurb about him

Peter Reilly, 1973 Peter Reilly was 18 years old when his mother was found murdered in their home. After eight hours of interrogation by Connecticut police, he confessed to brutally murdering her. A jury convicted him of first-degree manslaughter based on his confession, and he served three years in prison before a judge set him free in the face of new evidence indicating someone else committed the crime.