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Friday Roundup: Forensic Science and False Confessions

Posted: February 18, 2011 3:43 pm

The validity of several commonly used forms of forensic science is in question.

A New Iowa State University study examines what motivates innocent suspects to falsely confess. 

A New York man who spent more than 16 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit alleges prosecutorial misconduct. 

Texas Governor Rick Perry said he will go to bat for exonerated man’s compensation.

"Mississippi Innocence" is a new documentary that tells the story of exonerees Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, who combined spent over thirty years behind bars for crimes they didn't commit.



 

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