In 1995, Daniel Taylor was convicted of a double murder in Chicago in what seemed to be a clear-cut case: he gave police a signed confession. But now his supporters — including Northwestern University ...

Believe it or not, innocent people do confess to crimes they did not commit – as did yogurt shop murder defendant Michael Scott, says lawyer, sociologist, and University of San Francisco professor ...

In criminal trials, a defendant's admission of guilt can trump even the proverbial smoking gun. A confession is the ideal civic solution: The perpetrator takes responsibility, and the public sleeps ...

Leonard [email protected] YORK-When a beleaguered 13-year-old confessed to murder after hours of interrogation in a Mississippi sheriff's station in 2003, he had been isolated from his mother and had ...

WAUPACA, Wis. (WBAY) - Testimony continued on Monday, in a Waupaca County double homicide cold case with the defense raising questions about how police conducted an interrogation. The trial, which has ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – An expert in police practices said interviews with Karen Boes following her daughter Robin’s 2002 killing relied on techniques that can elicit false confessions. Investigators used ...

Popular belief tends to hold that if a person confesses to a crime then most likely they are guilty of that crime. Belief and fact are two very different things though. In reality, false confessions ...

A disturbing case involving alleged psychological manipulation within a family, where false memories and pressure reportedly contributed to shocking murder confessions and a complex investigation.