Amanda Knox

I hope you're beginning to see how damning a false admission can be. Even when contradicted by DNA, prosecutors, juries, and even judges have a hard time ignoring such evidence.

I hope you're beginning to see how damning a false admission can be. Even when contradicted by DNA, prosecutors, juries, and even judges have a hard time ignoring such evidence.

In one study conducted by false confessions expert Dr. Saul Kassin, judges were presented with several mock trial scenarios, and even when they were given conditions in which two-thirds of judges ruled to suppress the confession evidence as inadmissible, they still voted guilty 69% of the time, compared to a baseline of 17% in the neutral condition.

In one study conducted by false confessions expert Dr. Saul Kassin, judges were presented with several mock trial scenarios, and even when they were given conditions in which two-thirds of judges ruled to suppress the confession evidence as inadmissible, they still voted guilty 69% of the time, compared to a baseline of 17% in the neutral condition.

False admissions and confessions are that powerful in their biasing effect. The question is, will Judge Kubota be able to see those admissions for what they are, unreliable and irrelevant to the factual innocence of the Schweitzer brothers?

False admissions and confessions are that powerful in their biasing effect. The question is, will Judge Kubota be able to see those admissions for what they are, unreliable and irrelevant to the factual innocence of the Schweitzer brothers?

At the end of the July 2024 hearing, the judge decides to schedule another hearing where he will determine if the Hawaii Police Department would be required to release the information they have from their interview with Albert Laurel Jr. and what they have potentially uncovered since.

At the end of the July 2024 hearing, the judge decides to schedule another hearing where he will determine if the Hawaii Police Department would be required to release the information they have from their interview with Albert Laurel Jr. and what they have potentially uncovered since.

Then, only a month later, in August, Judge Kubota calls everyone back together and tells the state they not only can't keep the evidence they have secret, he demands they release it in a couple of days. That's next in Chapter 10, which you can listen to next week.

Then, only a month later, in August, Judge Kubota calls everyone back together and tells the state they not only can't keep the evidence they have secret, he demands they release it in a couple of days. That's next in Chapter 10, which you can listen to next week.

I have all of this psychological baggage that I'm carrying with me, and the last thing I want to do is to pass that on to my daughter. So I have to figure this out. This puzzle of my trauma, I have to figure it out, and I have to figure it out now.

I have all of this psychological baggage that I'm carrying with me, and the last thing I want to do is to pass that on to my daughter. So I have to figure this out. This puzzle of my trauma, I have to figure it out, and I have to figure it out now.

This is not about him. This is about me and what I am capable of giving. And I know that I am capable of being kind to this man. And by God, I am going to do it and no one can stop me.

This is not about him. This is about me and what I am capable of giving. And I know that I am capable of being kind to this man. And by God, I am going to do it and no one can stop me.

In February 2024, the Hawaii Innocence Project engaged a man named Steve Kramer. And let's just say, this guy is no joke.

In February 2024, the Hawaii Innocence Project engaged a man named Steve Kramer. And let's just say, this guy is no joke.

When it's said Steve Kramer was part of the team that identified the Golden State Killer, we mean that after 40 years of failed attempts to do so, he made it happen in 63 days. Which is just incredible.

When it's said Steve Kramer was part of the team that identified the Golden State Killer, we mean that after 40 years of failed attempts to do so, he made it happen in 63 days. Which is just incredible.

And because of all that, the Hawaii Innocence Project believed Kramer and his business partner, Steve Bush, who co-founded the FBI genetic genealogy team together, could be their ticket to identifying unknown male number one.

And because of all that, the Hawaii Innocence Project believed Kramer and his business partner, Steve Bush, who co-founded the FBI genetic genealogy team together, could be their ticket to identifying unknown male number one.