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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis speaks during a news conference at City Hall on Monday about the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders.

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 ...

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Both the defense and prosecution rested their cases Aug. 18 in Broome County Court following a six-day jury trial in the case against Jeremiah Raub. An expert in the study of false confessions, the ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The name "Hector Polanco" is one that lives on in infamy for many who lived in Austin in the 1990s. The then-Austin Police Department (APD) sergeant was known for his interrogation ...