False Confession Vs. Investigative Logic (Report‪)‬

ABSTRACT A confession is one of the most powerful types of evidence presented against a person charged with a crime, since few people believe an innocent person would confess to a crime, yet it happens with surprising frequency. The case presented in this article begins with a man calling the police to say he killed his wife. Police investigated under the theory that it was a domestic violence homicide. The analysis of the crime scene evidence, the overlooked evidence, and the use of investigative logic challenges the premise of the law enforcement process.