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 ...

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 ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is seeking to roll back Senate Bill 203, which requires youth to consult with legal counsel before ...

In a rare rejection of a bill recommended by a Senate committee, the Maryland Senate Friday defeated a bill that would have required police investigators to videotape interrogations of murder suspects ...

NEW YORK — During police investigations, interrogations -- the formal questioning of a potential suspect -- are critical and can lead to a big break in the case. Historically, investigators have been ...

Ted Bradford says the worst day of his life was when detectives took him into a tiny room to question him about a rape. "The whole day it was like accusation after accusation," he says. "I kept ...

Police interrogations and dramatic confessions are "a staple of countless TV shows, including ones you might not expect," John Oliver said on Sunday night's Last Week Tonight. "But it's not just ...

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Most Americans understand that the police are allowed to lie to suspects. Whether learned from watching procedurals, news reports or personal experience, it is generally recognized that deceit during ...

Illinois police will have to record more interrogations of criminal suspects under legislation Gov. Pat Quinn signed Monday that aims to prevent false confessions and wrongful convictions. The law ...

AUSTIN – The effort to slash Texas' wrongful-conviction rate, which remains the highest in the nation, is leading to familiar territory for state lawmakers: a years-old fight over whether police ...