Minnesota was one of the first states to require that interrogations be recorded. Trailblazing DA @MaryMoriarty of Hennepin Cty (Minneapolis) just released a groundbreaking new policy aimed at reducing the risk of false confessions from children.

Must see TV tonight: Dateline's The Ruse tells the story of Thomas Perez who falsely confessing to killing his father. Then his father turned up alive. Oops... https://t.co/Qf4mMkKKRj

Thank you Jimmy Cliff. You gave me such joy and your movie "The Harder They Come" got me into reggae. You've crossed your final river. R.I.P.

Record custodial interrogations? Bill divides prosecutors, police chiefs and innocence advocates. https://t.co/gU6aW3SEQB It's hard to believe that some states are still fighting this essential reform & still raising lame arguments about costs. Shame on New Hampshire.

There's a new term for police faking of a confession that never really occurred. It's called "verballing " in the land "Down Under." I hope that new evidence from a forensic linguist will lead a court to determine that "Shorty's" conviction is unsafe.

Voluntary false confessions are often made by attention-seekers, delusionals, people trying to protect someone else, or those looking for some instrumental gain (a prison transfer). This false confession, however, led to solving his sister's murder.

https://t.co/yVqnTlQUw2 O, Canada

Families and exonerees rally against Detroit detective tied to coerced confessions and false convictions

Wrongful conviction sets DA on new path https://t.co/RDzyyQnGvJ via @mtdemocratnews If only more prosecutors saw the light after a wrongful conviction and pledged to do something about it, what a wonderful wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world it would be.

Wow! Messrs. Kogut, Halstead & Restivo were among the early DNA exonerations. Because Kogut "confessed", he was re-tried. Thankfully, he was acquitted. 42 yrs later after the crime, genetic genealogy has led to real perp's arrest. Wow! https://t.co/6Gb4s2mvkU via @WRCB

After 40 years living in the Midwest, my accent from Delaware County, Pa. ("Delco") is pretty much gone. But last week, I went to Philly to watch the Phillies lose, have a wooter ice & hohgee from Wah wuh. You can hear it in Mare of Easttown & Task.

This just popped up in my feed. It's eight years old but it's well worth posting again. A master class on false confessions by one of the world's leading experts: Dr. Saul Kassin.

https://t.co/hfEaZbZYoz Yup. And soon.

https://t.co/8u75rshXD6 Check out P Frank Williams' "Stolen Youth", a new doc abt the Marquette Park 4, a case in which Chicago police coerced false confessions from 4 black Chicago teens. The film's abt Troshawn McCoy but also features @NorthwesternCWC client Charles Johnson.

Prosecutors still have one card to play in North Carolina -a petition to the NC Supreme Court. But fingers crossed, it will be rejected. Stay tuned.

Huge: Big false confession news out of North Carolina. It looks like the Winston-Salem 5 are officially exonerated. Convicted of the murder of Chris Paul, these men, several of whom falsely confessed as teens, have always claimed they were innocent.

The work of the Cold Case Unit of the Austin PD should not let us forget that APD coerced false confessions from Michael Scott & Robert Springsteen. The DA came close to clearing them yesterday. Close, but no cigar. They need to be cleared ASAP.

The story of how police apparently solved the Austin Yogurt Shop murders is incredible. Y-STR DNA manual database searches, NIBIN casing matches, genetic genealogy, exhumation of killer's body, multi-state law enforcement cooperation. They never gave up.

This may be the biggest news in the false confession world since the Exonerated Five. The Austin Police Department may have finally solved the Yogurt Shop Murders with advanced DNA testing. The murderer , a serial killer, died in 1999. Stay tuned.

Last night's Government Mule/Tedeschi Trucks show was a revelation. While the bands played fiery solo sets, the show soared when they collaborated. Haynes & Trucks tore the roof off with Jeff Beck's Freeway Jam & the Allman's In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.