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April 23, 2008
CrimProf Corinna Barrett Lain Discusses the Reas why the Innocent Confess
An op-ed piece in the April 22 Richmond Times Dispatch by Richmond School of Law CrimProf Corinna Barrett Lain
offers insight into issues surrounding the "Norfolk Four" case in which
four Navy sailors were convicted and imprisoned for a 1990 rape and
murder to which they had confessed, only to be totally exonerated by
DNA evidence. Prof. Lain offers examples and explanations from her own
career as a prosecutor to why innocent defendants falsely confess
crimes. Read Article. . . [Mark Godsey]
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