AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University psychology professor is leading an international research team developing new interrogation methods designed to reduce false confessions and more effectively ...
Boes has ferociously maintained her innocence since her confession, which followed a ten-hour interrogation in 2002.
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – An expert in police practices said interviews with Karen Boes following her daughter Robin’s 2002 killing relied on techniques that can elicit false confessions. Investigators used ...
Boes was initially denied a new trial in 2023, after Judge Karen Miedema (who is overseeing the hearings) determined new ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Perez Jr., right, falsely confessed to killing his father, Thomas Perez Sr., after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana ...
On June 14, 2024, Sandra Hemme's 1980 murder conviction was finally overturned. The only evidence that ever connected Sandra to the crime was her own unreliable and false confessions made while she ...
Thomas Perez Jr. was never arrested, but taken in and questioned for nearly a full day after he reported his father missing -- with officers even bringing in his dog and threatening to have her ...
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 ...
NEW YORK — During police investigations, interrogations -- the formal questioning of a potential suspect -- are critical and can lead to a big break in the case. Historically, investigators have been ...
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.
Thomas Perez Jr. was hours into an interrogation by police about his missing father when they dropped some devastating news: A body had been found. Thomas Perez Sr., they told his son, was dead. The ...