False Confessions, No Evidence: Inside the Yogurt Shop Murders Miscarriage of Justice
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
True Crime Today
3.3 • 907 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful segment of Hidden Killers Live, we continue watching the APD press conference and confront one of the most devastating truths about this case: the state prosecuted and convicted the wrong men.
Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen were convicted in 2001 and 2002, based on confessions taken after 18- and 5-hour interrogations respectively. No physical evidence tied them to the crime scene. They were convicted anyway. In 2009, DNA evidence excluded them—and charges were finally dropped. But the damage was already done. Springsteen had been sentenced to death. Scott to life.
We play back the portion of the press conference where Travis County DA Jose Garza publicly acknowledges their innocence—and we react to the gravity of what that admission means. This isn’t just about a late apology. This is about decades of institutional failure. It’s about tunnel vision, bad interrogation tactics, and a justice system that clung to a theory while DNA screamed “you’re wrong.”
We talk false confessions, prosecutorial overreach, and what real restitution should look like in cases like this—because you don’t just walk away from death row and go back to normal.
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