Police Confession Procedures May Lead To False Confessions - Study Addresses Psychological Elements, Incorrect Assumptions

... A new article examines problems regarding current police-confession procedures, focusing on an alarming occurrence of false confessions. The study appears in Psychological Science in the Public Interest. Extensive evidence suggests that police interrogators are poor lie detectors, often disbelieving innocent suspects, even when they have been trained to identify signs of guilt. [click link for full article] ...