There is also the question of Litvinenko's dramatic deathbed statement implicating Putin that drew so much international attention.
He said that detectives had written his first statement implicating Mr. Hooks and that it was false.
A lawyer for Mr. Gonzalez, John Orlando, acknowledged after the arraignments that his client, an immigrant from Ecuador, had made a written statement implicating himself in the crimes.
Judge Mark L. Wolf of Federal District Court ruled that prosecutors failed to disclose a memorandum in which a witness tried to recant a statement implicating the man, Vincent Ferrara.
Doubts about his guilt were fuelled on Friday, when it was revealed that Dr Richard Fuisz, a businessman and CIA asset, gave a sworn statement implicating Palestinian militants.
31 August 2010 Alesha Ahmed provides a witness statement implicating her parents in Shafilea's death. 2 September 2010 The couple are arrested on suspicion of murder and bailed pending further inquiries.
His lawyer said Tuesday that although the lawsuits can "hold people accountable for what they've done to Jim, he isn't sure the Police Department will ever recant its statement implicating him".
Later that year, Europol, the pan-European police force, issued a statement implicating a network of gangs it called "The Rathkeale Rovers" in a variety of crimes, including the smuggling of rhino horns.
The Nebraska Supreme Court had ordered a new trial for Mr. Sheets, ruling that a recording of a co-defendant's statement implicating him should not have been played for jurors because the co-defendant had committed suicide and could not be cross-examined.
A lawyer assigned by the review commission to study Mr. Alejo's case said a neighbor of his, who was picked up by the army in the Paucartambo restaurant the same day the same soldiers questioned Mr. Alejo, had signed a statement implicating him and others to avoid torture.
