On AlterNet: false confessions

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "false confessions"

I Spent 16 Years in Jail for a Crime I Didn't Commit. Here's What Should Be Done.

Jeffrey Deskovic, AlterNet. September 16, 2008.
I went to jail as a teenager for a rape and murder I didn't commit. Here are the reforms necessary to make sure it does not happen again.

Afghan Journalism Student: I Was Tortured Into Confessing to Blasphemy

Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. May 19, 2008.
Pervez Kambaksh, 24, was allegedly convicted and sentenced to death in a closed-door, four-minute trial in which he was denied legal representation.

What Makes Criminal Suspects Give a False Confession?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 2, 2007.
The confession makes a guilty verdict almost automatic. So why are many "suspects" making false confessions?

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