Interrogations in an effort to ensure that confessions are voluntary and not coerced. Joining us today is jeffrey deskovic. His coerced confession to a murder cost him 16 years behind bars. That is until dna evidence cleared him. Also here is dr. Matthew johnson, or professor matthew johnson, i should say. He is a psychology professor from John Jay College who has done research on false confessions and wrongful convictions. Thank you both for being with us this afternoon. Thanks for having us. Im gonna start with you, jeffery. 16 years behind bars for something you didnt do. How did all that play out . What role did your confession play in your conviction . That was that was the only piece of evidence that they had. Basically i was interrogated for seven hours, driven out of county, threatened, and given false promises. It was not recorded. Details out of their testimony, and i was wrongfully convicted despite a negative dna test. How old were you . I was 16 when i was arrested, 17 whe
Dahona lee is here h when you peek into the Justice System in a way that we have and we are going to show our viewers today, its scary. 2. 4 Million People are incarcerated, torn in any nation on earth. Inevtybly some are innocent. Some of the tools that Law Enforcement are using are flawed that capture these innocent people. You said false confessions. Our community on Facebook David has a comment. He said the best interrogators dont bully the people they interrogate but can make an innocent person honestly believe they killed someone. False confessions have played the criminal Justice System and are more common than you might think. In 27 of cases overturned by dna evidence, the defendant gave a false statement why would someone admit to a crime they didnt commit . Its xlimcations. Justice is in ney that joe berlingger is tacking in the original series the system. Most homicide investigators will tell you a good old fashion confession is the Gold Standard. I have seen it myself. Noth
Dahona lee is here h when you peek into the Justice System in a way that we have and we are going to show our viewers today, its scary. 2. 4 Million People are incarcerated, torn in any nation on earth. Inevtybly some are innocent. Some of the tools that Law Enforcement are using are flawed people. You said false confessions. Our community on Facebook David has a comment. He said the best interrogators dont bully the people they interrogate but can make an innocent person honestly believe they killed someone. False confessions have played the criminal Justice System and are more common than you might think. In 27 of cases overturned by dna evidence, the defendant gave a false statement why would someone admit to a crime they didnt commit . Its xlimcations. Justice is in ney that joe berlingger is tacking in the original series the system. Most homicide investigators will tell you a good old fashion confession is the Gold Standard. I have seen it myself. Nothing sways a jury more than a
Dahona lee is here h when you peek into the Justice System in a way that we have and we are going to show our viewers today, its scary. 2. 4 Million People are incarcerated, torn in any nation on earth. Inevtybly some are innocent. Some of the tools that Law Enforcement are using are flawed people. You said false confessions. Our community on Facebook David has a comment. He said the best interrogators dont bully the people they interrogate but can make an innocent person honestly believe they killed someone. False confessions have played the criminal Justice System and are more common than you might think. In 27 of cases overturned by dna evidence, the defendant gave a false statement why would someone admit to a crime they didnt commit . Its xlimcations. Justice is in ney that joe berlingger is tacking in the original series the system. Most homicide investigators will tell you a good old fashion confession is the Gold Standard. I have seen it myself. Nothing sways a jury more than a
Dahona lee is here h when you peek into the Justice System in a way that we have and we are going to show our viewers today, its scary. 2. 4 Million People are incarcerated, torn in any nation on earth. Inevtybly some are innocent. Some of the tools that Law Enforcement are using are flawed people. You said false confessions. Our community on Facebook David has a comment. He said the best interrogators dont bully the people they interrogate but can make an innocent person honestly believe they killed someone. False confessions have played the criminal Justice System and are more common than you might think. In 27 of cases overturned by dna evidence, the defendant gave a false statement why would someone admit to a crime they didnt commit . Its xlimcations. Justice is in ney that joe berlingger is tacking in the original series the system. Most homicide investigators will tell you a good old fashion confession is the Gold Standard. I have seen it myself. Nothing sways a jury more than a