Paysun Long v. Randy Pfister

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Larriec Sherman was shot to death in June 2001. Four witnesses identified Pay-sun Long as the gunman; their statements were recorded on video. Two of the four recanted before Long’s trial. The other two—Keyonna Edwards and Brooklyn Irby—testified, while the video statements of the two recanting witnesses were introduced. Irby, too, had recanted before trial, telling Frank Walter, an investigator for the State’s Attorney, that police officers had coerced her to name Long as the shooter. But Irby testified consistently with her video statement. On cross-examination…