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 ...

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 ...

Memory feels like a mental video archive, but psychologists have shown it behaves more like a creative editor, constantly ...

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.

What happens when a man says he's guilty of murder, but state-of-the-art-science says he's not? That is the question the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, will soon answer in the ...

In criminal trials, a defendant's admission of guilt can trump even the proverbial smoking gun. A confession is the ideal civic solution: The perpetrator takes responsibility, and the public sleeps ...

It is time for New York state to make a confession of its own: innocent people don't confess to crimes they didn't commit unless they are coerced, and a confession to a crime one didn't commit ought ...

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office will no longer use statements in court from children 13 and under. Prosecutors will only use statements from 14–17-year-old children if certain conditions are met ...

AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University psychology professor is leading an international research team developing new interrogation methods designed to reduce false confessions and more effectively ...

WAUPACA, Wis. (WBAY) - Testimony continued on Monday, in a Waupaca County double homicide cold case with the defense raising questions about how police conducted an interrogation. The trial, which has ...