A body of research now suggests that the Reid Technique, first popularized when used in a 1955 Lincoln homicide investigation, can prompt false confessions from suspects.

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 ...

Correction Appended: Feb. 12, 2013 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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Perez Jr., right, falsely confessed to killing his father, Thomas Perez Sr., after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rory Lancman, a member of both the New York State Assembly Codes and Judiciary Committees and appellate counsel to Morelli Ratner PC, writes: In last month's highly anticipated decision, the Court of ...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the dual British-Iranian citizen detained by Iran for nearly 6 years, said Iranian authorities forced her to sign a false confession as a condition of her release.