Leonard [email protected] YORK-When a beleaguered 13-year-old confessed to murder after hours of interrogation in a Mississippi sheriff's station in 2003, he had been isolated from his mother and had ...

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 ...

During the press conference, Mulroy stated that Andrew Hayes probably made a false confession due to a 27-hour interrogation ...

Here's one from the annals of outrageous but true crime cases: On April 17, 1989, a woman was practicing tai chi in New York's Central Park, when a man sexually assaulted her. The rape was interrupted ...

And though Robinson's defense attorney might have found the witness to be helpful in building his case, an Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled that allowing expert testimony about ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...