trevor remembers it well. senior people thought it was a draconian piece of legislation. that was going to prevent us from ever detecting anything ever given. never solve a crime anymore? they never thought they would tie hands behind the back and ing unable to work with it. they were wrong. very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the uk are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. and along the way, said griffiths, confessions of hall mark case solving in the u.s. became much less important here in britain. we would not prosecute somebody under confession. if someone did make a confession, we would try and corroborate what they said so you d have the supporting evidence as well. isn t a confession the strongest evidence you could get?
rosenfield devastated drove to the prison to tell robert. robert and i hugged. we cried. and probably about the most painful part of this process. robert s only door to freedom slammed shut. some of the but half a world away, someone else was watching robert s case. could his opinion make a difference? coming up isn t a confession the strongest evidence you can get? not always. the police detective in robert s corner when dateline extra continues.
senior people thought it was a draconian piece of legislation. they never thought they would tie hands behind the back and work with it. they were wrong. very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the uk are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. and along the way, said griffiths, confessions of hall mark case solving in the u.s. became much less important here in britain. we would not prosecute somebody under confession. if someone did make a confession, we would try and corroborate what they said so you d have the supporting evidence as well. isn t a confession the strongest evidence you could get? not always.
detective trevor bowles remembers it well. senior people thought that this was a draconian piece of legislation that was gonna prevent us from ever detecting anything ever again. you d never solve a crime anymore. we d never solve a crime anymore, that it was gonna tie our hands behind our back and we would be unable to work with it. and they were wrong. reporter: very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the u.k. are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. reporter: and along the way, said griffiths, confessions, a hallmark of case-solving in the u.s, became much less important here in britain. we would not prosecute somebody on solely on a confession. so we so if someone did make a confession, we would try and corroborate what they said. so you d have the supporting evidence as well. but isn t a confession the strongest evidence you can get?
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