"If he confessed, why have a trial?"

"If he confessed, why have a trial?"

How often have you heard (or even said) something similar?  As the economy has cut deeply into the budgets of court systems everywhere, lawyers, judges and citizens search desperately for solutions.  Of all the people who have the right to access the court system, those that garner the least support and sympathy are those accused of crimes against children and of murder.  It's all too easy to point to these defendants, especially when there is a confession, and ask why they should be allowed to take up valuable court time that could be allocated to someone who might be found not guilty.  With the ever-increasing use of DNA to verify or challenge convictions all over the country, it has been found that false confessions led to wrongful convictions in a surprising number of cases.  Could you tell the difference between a false confession and a real one?  ABC is going to give you a chance to find out.  Check out this article, and see if you can identify the false confession.  You can also read more about false confessions here.

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