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 ...

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 ...

Would you confess to a crime you did not commit? Many people would respond instantaneously with a firm, "No." But they do and often, says Saul Kassin, one of the country’s leading experts on false ...

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.

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 ...

Lori Ackerman was charged with murder following the death of her fiancé, Shannon Tate, in 2020. A Clay County jury acquitted ...

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 ...

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Wednesday announced a new policy aimed at preventing false confessions and ...

A global groundswell of fascination has surged in recent years around the so-called “true crime” media genre. It took off in 2014, when the “Serial” podcast’s coverage of Baltimore teen Adnan Syed’s ...

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced a new policy on statements made by children in custodial interrogations this ...