EDUCATING JURORS

Courts increasingly permit defendants to offer a false confessions expert witness to educate the jury about (among other things) the interrogation methods that contribute to false confessions.  I personally have testified in 25 cases to date.

WARNING ABOUT MIRANDA

Prosecutors often emphasize to the jury that the defendant waived his Miranda rights and agreed to talk.  But what follows?  People who give false confessions are, by definition, innocent.  And most innocent people feel they have no reason not to talk.