Draggingtree Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 The 5 Most Controversial False Confessions There are better, more effective means of interrogation. by ALEX SHELBY December 27, 2014 - 7:00 am Criminal confessions are generally a good thing. They save our justice system time and money. But according to statistics from the Innocence Project, approximately 30% of the wrongful convictions overturned with DNA evidence involved a defendant making a false confession or pleading guilty An investigating officer’s performance is not based on the amount of crimes committed, it’s based on arrests. There’s a misconception that a wrongful arrest will correct itself through the trial system, but most jury members hold a prevailing belief that innocent people don’t confess to a crime they did not commit. 5. George Junius Stinney Jr. (1944) On December 17, 2014, a circuit court judge in South Carolina officially relinquished George Stinney Jr’s 70-year-old conviction, effectively clearing his name and recognizing the unjust nature of his presumed guilt. To date, Stinney, at the age of 14, is the youngest person to be executed in the United States in the 20thcentury. http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2014/12/27/the-5-most-controversial-false-confessions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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