Report issued on the false confession case of Kevin Fox in Illinois.

North Carolina has one of the most aggressive innocence commissions. A mentally challenged man was freed after 14 years in prison, convicted based upon his own false confession.

The Associated Press excellent story on John Burge, the commander of the notorious police unit that was responsible for torturing 100 men into falsely confessing, was finally sentnecee to 4 years in prison. This is the story of how this horrible case was first uncovered.

Douglas Warney,wrongfully convicted based upon a false confession and imprisoned for nine years in New York State prisons, is seeking to overturn a lower court decision denying him the right to sue.

In Pennsylvania, a three judge panel has ruled that Richard Leo, one of the country’s leading experts on false confessions, will be allowed to testify as an expert in a murder trial involving the false confession of a mentally handicapped man.

Whether in Texas, Arkansas or New York, prosecutors still vigorously oppopse DNA testing, even when it can save a person from a death sentence. Using all legal means to oppose DNA testing, from narrow interpretation of federal and state DNA laws to due diligence claims, overturning wrongful convcitons are not a priority. Worse yet, it appeasrs that maintaining convictions at any cost is the norm.

Rebecca Brown, Deputy Policy Director for the Innocence Project, joins South Carolina officials in calling for videotaping interrogations.

Twenty years after Martin Tankleff was sentenced to 50 years in prison based upon a false confession, Suffolk county begins to videotape homicide interrogations.

Reporter Beth Warren focuses on some high profile false confession cases including those of Marty Tankleff and Jeffrey Deskovic in making a strong case for the West Memphis 3.

Steve Drizen of Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions Asks Nebraska to Pay Man in False Confession Case