Researchers propose new legal standards for sleep deprivation, warning that fatigue leads to false confessions and unreliable ...

A judge on Tuesday vacated George Calicut Jr.'s conviction and dismissed the charges against him after determining his ...

It's late at night inside a cramped interrogation room. The suspect being questioned may have come straight from working a double shift or maybe they've been sitting at the police station for hours.

While research shows sleep-related fatigue affects how we think and feel, the impact of sleep loss on the reliability of statements and confessions in the legal system has received far less attention.

Most people believe they would never confess to a crime they didn’t commit. The idea feels totally counterintuitive to most of us: why would anyone willingly admit to something that could lead to ...

In 1995, Daniel Taylor was convicted of a double murder in Chicago in what seemed to be a clear-cut case: he gave police a signed confession. But now his supporters — including Northwestern University ...

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.

Hennepin County prosecutors are aiming reduce false confessions by limiting the use of statements made during youth interrogations. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced a new policy on ...

In criminal cases, a confession, like DNA, is considered one of the most damaging forms of evidence. Jurors generally do not believe individuals confess to a crime they did not commit. Yet false ...

Karen Boes has returned to court for new evidentiary hearings regarding her 2003 murder conviction. Boes was found guilty of setting the house fire that killed her daughter but has long maintained her ...

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 ...