Category Archives: False Confessions
“Under the right conditions even you could falsely confess to a crime:” False confessions getting more attention in the mainstream press
There have been a lot of articles appearing recently about false confessions – it seems that quite a few major news outlets have been trying to raise awareness of the frequency and causes of false confessions. This guest post on … Continue reading
Posted in False Confessions, General
Inside a False Confession
The Los Angeles Times recently published an article that explains how Edward Arch, on trial for a 2007 murder, finally had his case dismissed due to findings that his confession was coerced. In May 2007, a group of men got … Continue reading
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Sheriff-Ordered Analysis Finds “Unguided Missile” Investigation Led to Wrongful Arrest of Father in Daughter’s Death
Early in the morning of June 6, 2004, three-year-old Riley Fox was abducted from her home in Wilmington, IL, sexually assaulted, and drowned in a nearby creek. Her father, Kevin, ‘confessed’ to the crime under police coercion and spent eight … Continue reading
Posted in Exoneration, False Confessions
Watch “The Confessions” online
The PBS program, “Frontline,” recently aired the first television interviews conducted with the “Norfolk Four” after their release from prison. The “Norfolk Four” were a group of men enlisted in the Navy at the time of the rape and murder … Continue reading
Posted in False Confessions, Reform measures
False Confessions Examined
It’s hard to imagine that an innocent person would ever confess to a crime that he or she did not commit… hard to imagine, that is, until you read about Frank Sterling’s interrogation. Sterling was isolated and manipulated for almost … Continue reading
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Police Interrogation Techniques Lead to False Confession(s) in Illinois
Kevin Fox and Jerry Hobbs III share an uncommon similarity ; they both were convicted for the murder of their daughters. But in what seems to be a rising trend, they both might have given confessions to a crime neither … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science, Exoneration, False Confessions
