False Confessions

Why confess to a crime you did not commit? Each year innumerable American suspects do. Experts say that trained interrogators can get anybody to confess to anything. Defence attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen wants an end to interrogation techniques that pressure innocent people into false confessions. Four of her cases demonstrate the psychology of how people end up confessing to crimes they have not committed and the consequences of these confessions – for the accused, their families and society.