Two former Philadelphia homicide detectives were sentenced Wednesday to a combined three years of probation for lying about ...

Manuel Santiago was sentenced to two years probation while Frank Jastrzembski was sentenced to a year of probation months after their perjury trial.

The case will now return to Putnam County Court, where Grigoroff, who has been in prison for 17 years, will stand trial for a ...

A Lockerbie bombing suspect cannot get a fair trial because a video of his alleged confession has been "lost or destroyed", ...

A state appeals court ordered a second retrial of a former Lake Peekskill man who said he was coerced into giving the ...

Should we force AI to give confessions, especially when dispensing mental health advice? Some say yes, others insist no. I ...

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 ...

A man convicted of a murder he didn’t commit was released from a Minnesota prison on Thursday after spending nearly 30 years behind bars. Bryan Hooper Sr. was freed a day after District Court Judge ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The name "Hector Polanco" is one that lives on in infamy for many who lived in Austin in the 1990s. The then-Austin Police Department (APD) sergeant was known for his interrogation ...

Police often deceive people they question — for example, lying about having DNA evidence that incriminates them. Officers’ goals are to persuade guilty people to confess, but such tactics can pressure ...

In 1982, after a deadly fire in Lowell, police told Victor Rosario that a witness placed him at the scene just before the blaze ignited, and he was later convicted of arson and murder. In 2002, State ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A bill banning police from lying to minors narrowly passed Virginia’s Senate on Tuesday following intense debate. The bill, introduced by Democratic Delegate Jackie Glass, passed ...