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 ...

Activists say the so-called confessions are extracted by psychological and physical torture, and are a familiar tactic used ...

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 ...

Hennepin County prosecutors are aiming reduce false confessions by limiting the use of statements made during youth interrogations. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced a new policy on ...

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.

AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University psychology professor is leading an international research team developing new interrogation methods designed to reduce false confessions and more effectively ...

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 ...

It is time for New York state to make a confession of its own: innocent people don't confess to crimes they didn't commit unless they are coerced, and a confession to a crime one didn't commit ought ...

The name "Hector Polanco" is one that lives on in infamy for many who lived in Austin in the 1990s. The then-Austin Police Department (APD) sergeant was known for his interrogation tactics and ability ...