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You are here: Home / Archives for False Confessions

False Confessions

Documents Show Law Enforcement Agencies Are Still Throwing Tax Dollars At Junk Science

August 24, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Documents Show Law Enforcement Agencies Are Still Throwing Tax Dollars At Junk ScienceRead More

Article Source: TechdirtForensic Discipline: False Confessions

False Memories of Crime Appear Real When Retold to Others

April 9, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

False Memories of Crime Appear Real When Retold to OthersRead More

Article Source: Forensic MagazineForensic Discipline: False Confessions

Convicted Based on Lies

March 9, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Convicted Based on LiesRead More

Article Source: ProPublicaForensic Discipline: False Confessions

Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool?

December 7, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool?Read More

Article Source: ProPublicaForensic Discipline: False Confessions, Foundations of Forensics

N Carolina man declared innocent in 1979 dorm murder

August 22, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

N Carolina man declared innocent in 1979 dorm murderRead More

Article Source: WRALForensic Discipline: False Confessions, Mental Health

Man convicted of killing St. Augustine’s college student 30 years ago is set free

August 22, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

Man convicted of killing St. Augustine’s college student 30 years ago is set freeRead More

Article Source: Raleigh News & ObserverForensic Discipline: False Confessions, Mental Health

Another innocent person is exonerated after falsely confessing. Here’s how these coerced confessions happen

August 22, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

Another innocent person is exonerated after falsely confessing. Here’s how these coerced confessions happenRead More

Article Source: NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death PenaltyForensic Discipline: False Confessions, Mental Health

In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case

July 16, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction CaseRead More

Article Source: The Marshall ProjectForensic Discipline: DNA, False Confessions

Suspects Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit — Here’s Why

August 15, 2018 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Suspects Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit — Here’s WhyRead More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

He confessed. But that doesn’t mean he did it.

June 29, 2018 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

He confessed. But that doesn’t mean he did it.Read More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

Brendan Dassey’s 0 confession shows we need to be more careful when interrogating juveniles

June 9, 2018 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Brendan Dassey’s 0 confession shows we need to be more careful when interrogating juvenilesRead More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

0 memories and 0 confessions: the psychology of imagined crimes

July 22, 2017 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

0 memories and 0 confessions: the psychology of imagined crimesRead More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

Why do innocent women confess to crimes they didn’t commit?

December 13, 2016 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Why do innocent women confess to crimes they didn’t commit?Read More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

Trial or deal? Some driven to plead guilty, later exonerated

November 15, 2016 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Trial or deal? Some driven to plead guilty, later exoneratedRead More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

Sleepy Suspects Are Way More Likely to Falsely Confess to a Crime

February 9, 2016 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Sleepy Suspects Are Way More Likely to Falsely Confess to a CrimeRead More

Forensic Discipline: False Confessions

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