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They call it “the box” — the cramped, anxiety-inducing room where police conduct interrogations, pushing and probing for a confession or at least case-solving information. It was in the box that ...

Watch any cop show on television — we’re looking at you, all versions of “Law & Order” — and the use of deception during scenes of a suspect’s interrogation, in essence lying to a suspect to get a ...

Waterboarding? Hasn’t been used in years. Walling, stress positions, abdominal slaps? They’re no longer allowed. But if the CIA can no longer use the interrogation techniques described in chilling ...

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The victim's family alleged that DOC staff was aware of his mental illness and physical condition. Credit: Illustration/ rawpixel public domain In 1989, at age 43, Richard LaPointe was wrongfully ...

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 ...