On this day, Aug. 10, in 1991, nine Buddhists were found slain at the Wat Promkunaram temple outside Phoenix.
Six monks, two nuns and an initiate were made to kneel in a circle, and were shot dead one-by-one for $2,600 and some cameras.
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Maricopa County sheriff’s detectives arrested four men after coercing false confessions during 20 hours of interrogations.
The so-called Tucson Four were cleared of murder charges in late 1991, after a .22-caliber rifle used in the massacre was traced to two high school students.
Alessandro Garcia, 16, Jonathan Doody, 17, confessed to the killings.
Garcia, who also admitted to another murder, was sentenced to life. Doody received 281 years, but his conviction was vacated in 2010 after an appeals court determined his confession was forced. He is scheduled for another trial.
