Thomas Perez Jr., right, falsely confessed to killing his father, Thomas Perez Sr., after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana police. He was released after his father showed up alive and well. (Allen J ...

NEW YORK — During police investigations, interrogations -- the formal questioning of a potential suspect -- are critical and can lead to a big break in the case. Historically, investigators have been ...

Ted Bradford was 22 years old when he confessed to a crime he didn’t commit following over nine and a half hours of police interrogation. “I thought just give them the statement, give them what they ...

Most Americans understand that the police are allowed to lie to suspects. Whether learned from watching procedurals, news reports or personal experience, it is generally recognized that deceit during ...

Over 17 hours of police interrogation, detectives falsely claimed Thomas Perez Jr.’s father was dead, suggested his dog would be euthanized when Perez went to prison for killing him, denied him ...

Ted Bradford says the worst day of his life was when detectives took him into a tiny room to question him about a rape. "The whole day it was like accusation after accusation," he says. "I kept ...

An interrogation is not a harmonious exchange between two individuals. It’s a conflict. And in this conflict, our ignorance is our strength. Ignorance of the meaning of police work, ignorance of the ...

Thomas Perez Jr. was hours into an interrogation by police about his missing father when they dropped some devastating news: A body had been found. Thomas Perez Sr., they told his son, was dead. The ...