Why Innocent People Do It
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Laura Nirider is a Clinical Law Professor and Co-Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern...
David Thompson, CFI, is the Vice President of Operations at Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. (WZ). With a...
Michael Semanchik is the Executive Director of The Innocence Center (TIC), a formidable national legal institution dedicated...
| Published: | May 24, 2023 |
| Podcast: | For The Innocent |
| Category: | Access to Justice , True Crime |
It’s the most intriguing question about our criminal justice system. Why do innocent people confess to crimes they didn’t commit? As strange as it seems, it happens regularly and for a variety of reasons like investigator deception, false evidence, and interrogation tactics. In this part one of two, we hear from Making a Murder’s Laura Nirider and Certified Forensic Interviewer David Thompson about why people send themselves to prison for decades even though they are innocent.
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For The Innocent |
Hear why innocent people falsely confess, what causes misidentifications, and how our science like bitemarks, shaken baby syndrome and DNA can used to convict people. Season One and Two are now available.
