False Confessions
Mar 17 2018
•2h 31m
•Documentary
Defence attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen is determined to put an end to interrogation techniques that pressure innocent people into false confessions. The film follows four of her cases and examines the psychological aspect of how people end up confessing to crimes they have not committed and the consequences of these confessions – for those accused, for their families, and for society at large.
Cast
See allJane Fisher-Byrialsen
Herself
Jason Flom
Saul Kassin
Renay Lynch
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