An expert on false confessions will be allowed to testify during a new trial for a man convicted of two murders but whose conviction was vacated last year amid the fallout from judicial misconduct ...

A new California law prohibits law enforcement from using threats or lies to get a minor to confess to a crime. The law faced opposition, but now a conservative district attorney is urging law ...

While popular understanding may suggest that innocent people simply do not confess to crimes (“I would never confess to doing something that I did not actually do!”), the surprising fact is that false ...

Most people believe they would never confess to a crime they didn’t commit. The idea feels totally counterintuitive to most of us: why would anyone willingly admit to something that could lead to ...

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 ...

AMES, Iowa – Imagine if you were wrongly accused of a crime. Would you be stressed? Anyone would be, but Iowa State University researchers found the innocent are often less stressed than the guilty.

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office will no longer use statements in court from children 13 and under. Prosecutors will only use statements from 14–17-year-old children if certain conditions are met ...

The right to remain silent is worth talking about. It’s easy to take for granted. But what you’ve heard is right — anything you say can and will be used against you. Even if you were tricked into a ...

There are a number of factors that can lead a suspect to confess to crimes they did not commit. WGBH's Morning Edition Host Joe Mathieu spoke with Northeastern University law professor and WGBH News ...

A global groundswell of fascination has surged in recent years around the so-called “true crime” media genre. But this is a trend with a twist. Many of today’s most-watched true crime shows are not ...