A body of research now suggests that the Reid Technique, first popularized when used in a 1955 Lincoln homicide investigation, can prompt false confessions from suspects.

Criminal suspects may feel unable to leave an interrogation room after only three minutes of questioning, according to new Virginia Commonwealth University research. Hayley Cleary, Ph.D., a professor ...

Defense attorneys should continue to argue that the People cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a stationhouse confession is voluntary when they fail to provide a complete recording of the ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — A new exhibition in Romania’s capital spotlights the harsh reality of interrogations carried out by the country’s notorious communist-era secret police. Held at the National ...

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 ...

Criminal suspects may feel unable to leave an interrogation room after only three minutes of questioning, according to new Virginia Commonwealth University research. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A video from the Communist era secret police surveillance archives, seen through a pinhole, shows Anton Uncu sitting on a metal ...

Conner Andrew Gooding, 20, was arrested after traveling from St. Johns County to Columbia County to meet a child for sex. BUCHAREST – A new exhibition in Romania’s capital spotlights the harsh reality ...