A global groundswell of fascination has surged in recent years around the so-called “true crime” media genre. But this is a trend with a twist. Many of today’s most-watched true crime shows are not ...

Robert Davis' false confession is examined in the new podcast Wrongful Conviction False Confessions On the night of Feb. 19, 2003, a fire broke out in a home near where Virginia high school senior ...

The Wisconsin Union hosted a public conversation with Brendan Dassey’s lawyers Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin, whose case and post-conviction process made waves globally in the Netflix documentary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Perez Jr., right, falsely confessed to killing his father, Thomas Perez Sr., after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana ...

After being interrogated relentlessly for many hours, four U.S. Navy sailors separately confessed to committing a violent rape and murder despite the lack of any evidence linking them to the crime.

A new California law prohibits law enforcement from using threats or lies to get a minor to confess to a crime. The law faced opposition, but now a conservative district attorney is urging law ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Indiana Senate has passed a bill that prohibits police from lying to children in interrogation to secure a confession. Senate Bill 415 passed with a 48-0 vote in support. The ...

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The judge overseeing the case of a Hialeah teen accused of brutally stabbing his mother to death more than two years ago is allowing his confession to be used at the upcoming trial. Derek Rosa faces a ...