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.

Popular belief tends to hold that if a person confesses to a crime then most likely they are guilty of that crime. Belief and fact are two very different things though. In reality, false confessions ...

Confessions are a crucial form of evidence in our legal system. In my former career as a police officer, and in my current one as an attorney, I’ve seen confessions seal convictions, sway juries, and ...

Karen Boes has returned to court for new evidentiary hearings regarding her 2003 murder conviction. Boes was found guilty of setting the house fire that killed her daughter but has long maintained her ...

The Malmedy trials were intended to hold members of the Waffen-SS accountable for one of the most notorious atrocities of the ...