Leonard [email protected] YORK-When a beleaguered 13-year-old confessed to murder after hours of interrogation in a Mississippi sheriff's station in 2003, he had been isolated from his mother and had ...

In criminal trials, a defendant's admission of guilt can trump even the proverbial smoking gun. A confession is the ideal civic solution: The perpetrator takes responsibility, and the public sleeps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis speaks during a news conference at City Hall on Monday about the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders.

Here's one from the annals of outrageous but true crime cases: On April 17, 1989, a woman was practicing tai chi in New York's Central Park, when a man sexually assaulted her. The rape was interrupted ...

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A trio of forensic psychiatrists have spoken about his mental health state. May 30, 2012— -- Since Pedro Hernandez's confession to the killing of Etan Patz last week, questions are beginning to ...

Both the defense and prosecution rested their cases Aug. 18 in Broome County Court following a six-day jury trial in the case against Jeremiah Raub. An expert in the study of false confessions, the ...

It is time for New York state to make a confession of its own: innocent people don't confess to crimes they didn't commit unless they are coerced, and a confession to a crime one didn't commit ought ...

In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered inside a yogurt shop in Austin, leaving the community shaken and desperate for answers. Over the years, investigators pursued dozens of leads and ...