An Overview of Expert Psychological Testimony in False Confession Cases

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. Cutler ◽  
Jeffrey Neuschatz ◽  
Charles Honts
Keyword(s):  
False Confession ◽  
Psychological Testimony

Błędy w opiniach biegłych sądowych – w kontekście niesłusznych skazań

2021 ◽  
pp. 122-135
Author(s):  
Ewa Gruza
Keyword(s):  
False Confession ◽  
Expert Opinions

In current domestic and foreign research and extensive discussions on the reasons for unjust convictions, the main reasons include false confession, errors in the work of investigators and the examination of evidence, including primarily incorrect opinions of experts. In the case of incorrect expert opinions, the most common reasons are insufficient qualifications and experience of the expert and carelessness of conducted research combined with low awareness of the role and importance of giving opinions in the process.

Safeguards

2020 ◽  
pp. 189-214
Author(s):  
William Douglas Woody ◽  
Krista D. Forrest
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
False Confession ◽  
Video Record ◽  
Limited Effectiveness ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Confession Evidence

This chapter examines safeguards for suspects and defendants who provide false or coerced confessions, opening with laypersons’ typical acceptance of confessions. The authors then review protections from law enforcement, particularly recommendations that police video-record interviews and interrogations with a balanced perspective. The authors next explore court decisions that shape jurors’ roles in evaluation of confession evidence; they then discuss the growing body of scholarship that investigates jurors’ perceptions and trial decisions. The authors then examine judges, ways that judges differ from jurors and juries, and ways that judges remain vulnerable to false or coerced confessions and the testimony of experts. The authors emphasize the limited effectiveness of these safeguards to prevent a false confession from becoming a mistaken conviction.

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