Innocence Blog
Friday Roundup: False Confessions, Investigating Wrongful Convictions
Posted: February 3, 2012 4:30 pm
A Detroit man serving time for eight murders may own up to four more in an effort to clear a teenager whose confession was given to satisfy police
Florida exoneree Alan Crotzer describes the effects of being wrongfully convicted.
A Maryland Gazette editorial reminds jurors to consider the perils of false confessions and the statistics of juveniles signing confessions to end the interrogation process.
A California man who was wrongfully convicted of murder filed a lawsuit against San Francisco for building a case around the testimony of a witness who was compensated.
The Atlantic reports on a death row case "even weaker than the one against Troy Davis."
Tags: California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Alan Crotzer

















