Huddleston Interview Essay

Interviews with suspects can be very intriguing, especially with high profile cases. As I watch the interview with Huddleston it reminded me of previous interviews I had conducted with lesser crime cases. The similarities are there, when the suspect tried to get the interviewer to be sympathize with their story. It’s a mix of emotions and doubt for the interviewer. Surely during Huddleston interview there was doubt if he had committed the murder. The murder charge would take all of Huddleston freedom and he would be locked up in prison for the remainder of his life. The interviewer had first locked Huddleston’s story and double checked it. Huddleston statements remained unchanged and the exact story was told, from the hospital and at the police station. A period of time had passed and the story was still consistent, which meant he had retold the story to himself. Frankly, a
Honesty can only go so far, and this long story telling told the interviewer something wasn’t adding up. Huddleston was very polite and patient at the beginning of his storytelling, but his voice tone change was told that he was lying. His voice was raspy and he wasn’t able to draw any words. Maybe it was the daunting thought of life in prison, but there was to many mistakes with his story. He wasn’t able to make eye contact while telling his two versions of the story, while being confronted with his lies. He kept changing the story to cover his lies, because he was confronted with physical evidence that placed him at the murder scene. I notice at that point the interviewer had the upper hand, to use the physical evidence as a way to tell if Huddleston was lying. Near the end of the interview Huddleston again was telling very detailed stories about what had happened earlier that day, but it was irelavent to the murder. As if he was telling some truth to persuade the interviewer to be on his