This is part one of my chat with Dr. Kyle Scherr, an expert in false confessions and wrongful convictions.The fact that innocent suspects falsely confess to crimes they did not commit (or in some cases did not even happen) is incredibly counterintuitive and a decision that most people find unbelievable. Yet research makes clear and hundreds of exonerations clearly prove that innocent people admit to murders, sexual assaults, and other crimes that they did not commit. Around 12% of all exonerations and almost 30% of DNA exonerations involve an innocent person falsely confessing. How do such unbelievable occurrences happen? In this episode we discuss the cases of...Adrian Thomas and the documentary 'Scenes of a crime' https://scenesofacrime.com/Kevin Fox - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6363588/Jeff Deskovic - https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/Marty Tankleff - https://www.martytankleff.org/the-story/Join the OMR family and get bonus extras here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part two we discuss cases where Police lie to their suspects and how a 14 year old boy was convinced by detectives that he killed his little sister.The fact that innocent suspects falsely confess to crimes they did not commit (or in some cases did not even happen) is incredibly counterintuitive and a decision that most people find unbelievable. Yet research makes clear and hundreds of exonerations clearly prove that innocent people admit to murders, sexual assaults, and other crimes that they did not commit. Around 12% of all exonerations and almost 30% of DNA exonerations involve an innocent person falsely confessing. How do such unbelievable occurrences happen? In this episode we discuss the cases of...Michael Crowe - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330452/Central Park 5 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380247/Adrian Thomas and the documentary 'Scenes of a crime' https://scenesofacrime.com/Kevin Fox - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6363588/Jeff Deskovic -  https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/Marty Tankleff - https://www.martytankleff.org/the-story/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's February 20th 1994 on Sunday night a man by the name of Jon Newell would be shot multiple times on the side of a highway in the middle nowhere between coco beach and Orlando. A woman would would frantically wave down passing traffic screaming that her husband had been shot.. that woman was Karen Newell. A sheriffs deputy arrived on the scene but Mr Newell had already succumbed to his injuries. Karen would tell detectives her husband was the victim of a car jacking gone wrong but would later be arrested and convicted for what police said was an orchestrated killing.This is Karen's story as told by her.To join the OMR family and start receiving your bonus extras click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We just wrapped up the case of Saul Contreras so as always it's time to sit down with OMR's resident attorney Michael Leonard to get his thoughts on the case.Saul has spent almost 20 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit.The victim, Jazmine Contreras, was just 22 months old when she died on Thanksgiving weekend in 2003. That tragedy was compounded when police immediately developed a theory that Saul had inflicted injuries that caused her death and, through alleged threats and other tactics, coerced what Saul says is a false confession.Over the next few episodes Saul talks us through what exactly happened that night.I'd like to thank Jane Lewis and the team from Proclaim Justice for her help in facilitating this interview.Find out more about Proclaim Justice and Saul's case here http://proclaimjustice.org/cases/saul-contreras/To join the OMR Jury and get bonus extras click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today is the final part, for now of the Saul Contreras story.Saul has spent almost 20 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit.The victim, Jazmine Contreras, was just 22 months old when she died on Thanksgiving weekend in 2003. That tragedy was compounded when police immediately developed a theory that Saul had inflicted injuries that caused her death and, through alleged threats and other tactics, coerced what Saul says is a false confession.Over the next few episodes Saul talks us through what exactly happened that night.I'd like to thank Jane Lewis and the team from Proclaim Justice for her help in facilitating this  interview.Find out more about Proclaim Justice and Saul's case here http://proclaimjustice.org/cases/saul-contreras/To join the OMR Jury and get bonus extras click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.