In September 1998, Jeremy Strohmeyer admitted murdering 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson in a Nevada casino and was sentenced to life in prison. He was back in court in mid-February, explaining that he couldn't remember committing the crime and wanting to recant his plea.
Strohmeyer concluded his rather implausible claim by blaming his buddy David Cash, who was with him at the time. Unfortunately for Strohmeyer, casino videotapes show him, not Cash, lingering in the bathroom where Sherrice was killed.
But by his own admission, Cash, a University of California at Berkeley engineering student, watched Strohmeyer assault the girl and did nothing. His callous behavior caused Nevada last year to require anyone witnessing a violent crime against a child to notify the police.