While false confessions seem like a problem that should not exist, it is a very distinct reality. In all the DNA exonerations across the country, more than 20% of them involved false confessions. This can be a strange concept to some, but it most certainly occurs.
Some of the most vulnerable populations to falsely confessing are [...]
Entries from July 2009
False Confessions
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments
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Man Arrested for 1985 Murder
July 9th, 2009 · No Comments
A Nashville, Tennessee man was arrested on July 2 in connection with a murder that took place in 1985. He was the ex-boyfriend of a woman who died in October of that year after being assaulted. The man was questioned at the time but was not listed as a suspect.
In 2007, anonymous tips led to [...]
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Man Charged with Public Lewdness
July 7th, 2009 · No Comments
An Austin man is accused of public lewdness for actions he allegedly committed on July 2. According to employees of the Happy Kids daycare, the man took his pants off while facing the daycare’s window and performed a lewd act while laying down.
The employees called the police, who arrived at the scene to arrest the [...]
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Man Accused of Assault
July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
A man is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon after hitting another man at a strip club. He allegedly hit the man in the head with a wine bottle, then attacked him on the floor until Landing Strip employees broke up the fight.
The man fled the scene of the June 23 assault, but [...]
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