Thomas Perez Jr., right, falsely confessed to killing his father, Thomas Perez Sr., after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana police. He was released after his father showed up alive and well. (Allen J ...

Advocates for the wrongfully accused asked state lawmakers Wednesday to support new measures to regulate crime labs and require electronic taping of police interrogations of suspects. “There are ...

Most Americans understand that the police are allowed to lie to suspects. Whether learned from watching procedurals, news reports or personal experience, it is generally recognized that deceit during ...

In 1969, Martin Frazier and an accomplice were convicted in Oregon of second-degree murder. During an interview with police, "the officer questioning (Frazier) told him, falsely, that (his accomplice) ...

DELPHI, Ind. ― Jurors in the double-murder trial of Richard Allen were presented Tuesday with two opposing portraits of the defendant: A man who, again and again, denied killing Abigail "Abby" ...

Five Assumption University students are asking a judge to dismiss felony kidnapping and conspiracy charges they face. Defense lawyers argue their actions were a misguided prank. The video shows ...

[This story is part of a series focusing on false confessions and filming interrogations published by Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Read other stories in the series here.] NEW YORK —The New ...

Fox will host the new series, a co-production of Zig Zag Productions and streaming platform FilmRise, which follows real homicide detectives as they try to elicit confessions. By Scott Roxborough ...

Investigators have released videos showing interrogations for a Lake County woman who is accused of beating a 9-year-old girl ...

Thomas Perez Jr. was hours into an interrogation by police about his missing father when they dropped some devastating news: A body had been found. Thomas Perez Sr., they told his son, was dead. The ...