A mentally disabled Louisiana man walked free last week after 20 years in prison for a killing his attorneys say he didn’t commit. New Orleans reporter Janet McConnaughey learned that his plea ...

While popular understanding may suggest that innocent people simply do not confess to crimes (“I would never confess to doing something that I did not actually do!”), the surprising fact is that false ...

Sandra Hemme spent 43 years in a Missouri prison for a murder she did not commit. Some estimates suggest that a false confession played a role in almost a third of wrongful murder convictions. For ...

Another Black teenager is accusing Waukegan police of extracting a false confession to a shooting. A lawsuit filed by the teen, Corinthian “Corey” Burns, alleges that detectives of the north Chicago ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The case behind an Evansville family's lawsuit settlement with local police agencies has been called a textbook example of how false confessions can occur. The case also underlines ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul began to make her mark on the Court of Appeals by nominating Justice Shirley Troutman to join the court. If confirmed, Justice Troutman will replace Judge Eugene Fahey, who reached ...