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From Abuse of the Body to Abuse of the Mind: Police Use Psychologically Coercive Interrogation Techniques to Produce False Confessions
Loaded on Sept. 18, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Criminal Legal News
October, 2018, page 1
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Wrongful Conviction,
Wrongful Imprisonment,
False Arrest.
Location:
United States of America.
by Christopher Zoukis
In mid-1997, Michelle Moore-Bosko was raped and stabbed to death in her Norfolk, Virginia, apartment. Based on a tip from a friend of the victim, U.S. Navy sailor Danial Williams was brought in for questioning. After more than 11 hours of interrogation, Williams confessed to the murder ...
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