Most people on juries assume suspects only confess when they are guilty, and the consequences can be disastrous.
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Move over Netflix, here’s whodunnit by headphones.
Turns out eyewitness testimony is one of the least reliable forms of evidence.
The most shocking moments of the true crime documentary Making a Murderer depict two police officers gently coaxing a softly spoken teenager to recount his role in a vicious crime. Warning: spoilers ahead.
Innocent people do confess under interrogation to crimes they did not commit, even providing details about the crime. What leads them to falsely confess to very serious crimes?
As Netflix approaches two million subscribers in Australia, free-to-air TV execs have called on government to “ensure a level playing field for Australian media businesses”. The US-based streaming service…
The Netflix documentary about the case against Wisconsin man Steven Avery has everyone talking. What can you do if you smell a rat?
Marginalised outsiders, community conflict and a bad reputation – the prosecution of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey has all the hallmarks of the early modern witchcraft persecution. Warning: spoilers ahead.
A new paper details how armchair activists – put together – can be a force.
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Research assistant, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Forensic Cognition and Miscarriages of Justice, Edinburgh Napier University
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Academic Convenor, Hallmark Disability Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Huddersfield
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Legal Studies, Swansea University
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Research Assistant, University of Dundee