In this final episode of our inaugural season, we discuss police interrogation tactics in 1917 and their connection to false confessions today. We talk to a researcher who studies the intersection of psychology and criminal justice and ways to protect the innocent and a former Memphis police chief who lived the complexities of race and policing. We also examine cases identified by local reporters as possible cases of false confessions.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- The National Registry of Exonerations database
- Memphis Police Reluctant To Record Interrogations Of Homicide Suspects by Institute for Public Service Reporting
- Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations: A Policy Review by Justice Project
- False Confessions & Recording Of Custodial Interrogations by The Innocence Project Support the show
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