Gary Gauger was falsely accused and convicted of the murder of his parents in 1993. His conviction was based on the perjured testimony of three police officers who fabricated a confession based on distortion of the events that occured during an 18 hour interrogation and the testimony of a jailhouse snitch who received early release in exchange for testifying that Gauger had twice confessed to him. An independent investigation by the Federal government revealed that two members of the Wisconsin Outlaws motorcycle club had murdered the Gaugers in a botched robbery. They have since been tried and convicted.

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