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 ...

A former Detroit cop is at the center of at least six murder investigations that have been overturned or vacated after ...

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.

NEW YORK — During police investigations, interrogations -- the formal questioning of a potential suspect -- are critical and can lead to a big break in the case. Historically, investigators have been ...

The victim's family alleged that DOC staff was aware of his mental illness and physical condition. Credit: Illustration/ rawpixel public domain In 1989, at age 43, Richard LaPointe was wrongfully ...

Watch any cop show on television — we’re looking at you, all versions of “Law & Order” — and the use of deception during scenes of a suspect’s interrogation, in essence lying to a suspect to get a ...

Police videotape of Michael Scott’s interrogation apparently shows APD Detective Robert Merrill holding a gun to Scott’s head. Merrill testified he was “role-playing,” and held his fingers to Scott’s ...

We've known that the public and juries downplay the risks of false confessions. New research shows that even legal ...

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.

This is the first post in a series. A confession is often seen as the gold standard of evidence in a criminal case, leading to guilty verdicts even when there is no other evidence, when there’s a ...

Investigation Discovery is premiering a new series “Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger” Tuesday, January 13 at 10 p.m., featuring retired Texas Ranger James B. Holland, known for his ...

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 ...