• The Truth About False Confessions

  • By: Alan Hirsch
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The Truth About False Confessions

By: Alan Hirsch
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  • False confessions expert Prof. Alan Hirsch explores the tragic phenomenon and immense ramifications of false confessions through the lens of riveting cases.
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Episodes
  • Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

    Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
    Feb 28 2024

    Sometimes people end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this episode, Prof. Hirsch recounts a harrowing case involving a late night assault on a police officer in New York City. The police apprehended a young man on a nearby street who later confessed to beating the cop with a baseball bat. But numerous inconsistencies in the testimony of various officers and questionable aspects of the man's confession cast doubt on his guilt.

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    24 mins
  • My Expert Beginnings: The Case of Frank Miller

    My Expert Beginnings: The Case of Frank Miller
    Jan 23 2024

    In this episode of The Truth About False Confessions podcast, Prof. Hirsch describes his introduction to the field of false confessions. It dates back to his time as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 1980s where he encountered a homicide case that went up to the Supreme Court.
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    18 mins
  • The Alford Ploy

    The Alford Ploy
    Nov 21 2023

    Prof. Alan Hirsch describes his experience traveling to testify in an alarming case with a dubious confession and several strange developments. When is a guilty plea not a guilty plea? How did this bizarre case end? 
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    13 mins
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