Michigan Supreme Court: Fundamentally Unfair to Deny Indigent Defendant Funds to Retain False Confession Expert Where Genuineness of Confession Key Issue at Trial by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of Michigan held that it is fundamentally unfair to deny an indigent defendant’s request for funds to retain …

Research Paper Reveals Laypeople Have Insufficient Understanding of False Confessions by Examining Prior Research Based on Surveys and Mock Juries by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Research via use of surveys and mock juries leave unexplained the “possible explanations for the often-found lack of adjustment for interrogation tactics reflected …

Interrogating a Suspect With an Intellectual Disability Using the Reid Technique: Recipe for a False Confession by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On April 25, 2023, the Virginia ­Supreme Court issued an order refusing to hear the case of Michael L. Ledford, a man who was convicted of …

Saul Kassin Probes Dangerous Practices in ‘Duped: Why Innocent People Confess-and Why We Believe Their Confessions’ by James Doyle By James M. Doyle Do innocent people really confess to horrific crimes they did not commit? Yes, they do. A masterful recent book from John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor …

False Confession Generator: How Accusatorial Interrogations Undermine the Pursuit of Justice by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso There are many aspects of the criminal justice system in the U.S. that are in desperate need of reform, but one aspect — how we obtain information from potential suspects — is …

Mental Illness and False Confessions: A Wakeup Call to Investigators by Joseph Buckley by Joseph P. Buckley, The Crime Report In the 1967 edition of their book, Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, John Reid and Fred Inbau expressed concern about the possibility of false confessions from individuals with a “mental illness.” …

The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, Steven Drizin and Richard Leo, North Carolina Law Review, 2004 HeinOnline -- 82 N.C. L. Rev. 891 2003-2004 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1134094 HeinOnline -- 82 N.C. L. Rev. 892 2003-2004 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1134094 HeinOnline -- 82 N.C. L. …