RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Most people do not feel free to leave a police interrogation room after only three minutes of questioning, a recently published study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) ...

Criminal suspects may feel unable to leave an interrogation room after only three minutes of questioning, according to new Virginia Commonwealth University research. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

This is the first post in a series. A confession is often seen as the gold standard of evidence in a criminal case, leading to guilty verdicts even when there is no other evidence, when there’s a ...

In 1982, after a deadly fire in Lowell, police told Victor Rosario that a witness placed him at the scene just before the blaze ignited, and he was later convicted of arson and murder. In 2002, State ...

Police often deceive people they question — for example, lying about having DNA evidence that incriminates them. Officers’ goals are to persuade guilty people to confess, but such tactics can pressure ...

RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 17, 2025) – Criminal suspects may feel unable to leave an interrogation room after only three minutes of questioning, according to new Virginia Commonwealth University research.