![](https://jjie.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/raymondSantanaConfessionTape-140x140.jpg)
False Confessions: NYC Still Struggles in Aftermath of Central Park Five
|
In the United States, false confessions play a role in about one in four wrongful convictions overturned by DNA evidence. The confessions often come forth following hours of interrogation, resulting in a statement of guilt put on paper in front of the investigating detectives or on videotape.