A small number of states have banned police from lying or being deceptive when interrogating minors. New York should follow suit. Rule 603 (Oath or Affirmation to Testify Truthfully) of the Federal ...

Thomas Perez Jr., right, falsely confessed to killing his father, Thomas Perez Sr., after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana police. He was released after his father showed up alive and well. (Allen J ...

In 2003, a little-known Illinois state senator named Barack Obama sponsored first-of-its-kind legislation aimed at addressing the problem of false confessions — one of the leading causes of wrongful ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia lawmakers are debating whether to have a state agency create standards for police interrogations. The issue came to light in 2022 when then Attorney General Mark Herring ...

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With the release of CIA documents about harsh interrogation methods, the Obama administration announced a new panel that will oversee the questioning of terrorism ...

Senior Justice Department officials have quietly notified U.S. attorneys and federal agents that they're establishing "a presumption" that agents will electronically record statements made by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — A new bill, coupled with an op-ed ...

The American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives voted on Sunday to affirm an “absolute prohibition against psychologists’ knowingly planning, designing, and assisting in the use of ...

In a dramatic turnaround that could strain the long-standing ties between the psychology profession and the military, the American Psychological Association has reversed its policy of encouraging ...

Thomas Perez Jr. was hours into an interrogation by police about his missing father when they dropped some devastating news: A body had been found. Thomas Perez Sr., they told his son, was dead. The ...