Saul Kassin

And a year and a half or so later, a new DA came into the office, looked through the case files, realized that Riley was elsewhere at the time of death, it couldn't have been him, and vacated his conviction and he was never retried again. That's the first time I'd seen, and I didn't know how to define it at the time, what turned out to be what we called internalization.

And a year and a half or so later, a new DA came into the office, looked through the case files, realized that Riley was elsewhere at the time of death, it couldn't have been him, and vacated his conviction and he was never retried again. That's the first time I'd seen, and I didn't know how to define it at the time, what turned out to be what we called internalization.

And a year and a half or so later, a new DA came into the office, looked through the case files, realized that Riley was elsewhere at the time of death, it couldn't have been him, and vacated his conviction and he was never retried again. That's the first time I'd seen, and I didn't know how to define it at the time, what turned out to be what we called internalization.

I couldn't tell how momentary it was, how long it lasted, but it was clear that at some point, for some period of time, he came to believe in his own guilt.

I couldn't tell how momentary it was, how long it lasted, but it was clear that at some point, for some period of time, he came to believe in his own guilt.

I couldn't tell how momentary it was, how long it lasted, but it was clear that at some point, for some period of time, he came to believe in his own guilt.

In this case, they did nothing. They did not pursue these alternative suspects. There was good reason to believe that they had other suspects, not saying they were the perpetrators, but certainly people worthy of investigation. And that did not happen.

In this case, they did nothing. They did not pursue these alternative suspects. There was good reason to believe that they had other suspects, not saying they were the perpetrators, but certainly people worthy of investigation. And that did not happen.

In this case, they did nothing. They did not pursue these alternative suspects. There was good reason to believe that they had other suspects, not saying they were the perpetrators, but certainly people worthy of investigation. And that did not happen.

I've gotten to know Peter and a number of other exonerees who are frustrated that police didn't go back and reinvestigate the case and find out who killed their mother, their father, or both.

I've gotten to know Peter and a number of other exonerees who are frustrated that police didn't go back and reinvestigate the case and find out who killed their mother, their father, or both.

I've gotten to know Peter and a number of other exonerees who are frustrated that police didn't go back and reinvestigate the case and find out who killed their mother, their father, or both.

Not only has the not killer been brought to justice, but here's what the statistics show. In the Innocence Project cases where DNA excludes the wrongfully convicted, and sometimes that DNA hits on a perpetrator. Many of those cases, that perpetrator went on to commit one or more multiple violent offenses, including homicides and sexual assaults.

Not only has the not killer been brought to justice, but here's what the statistics show. In the Innocence Project cases where DNA excludes the wrongfully convicted, and sometimes that DNA hits on a perpetrator. Many of those cases, that perpetrator went on to commit one or more multiple violent offenses, including homicides and sexual assaults.

Not only has the not killer been brought to justice, but here's what the statistics show. In the Innocence Project cases where DNA excludes the wrongfully convicted, and sometimes that DNA hits on a perpetrator. Many of those cases, that perpetrator went on to commit one or more multiple violent offenses, including homicides and sexual assaults.

When you get a confession from an innocent person and close that case, you're not doing a whole lot of good for public safety.

When you get a confession from an innocent person and close that case, you're not doing a whole lot of good for public safety.

When you get a confession from an innocent person and close that case, you're not doing a whole lot of good for public safety.

Bottom line was the average accuracy rate was 54%. Truth and lie detection studies give us on average, when you meta-analyze all of the studies, they give us an average accuracy rate of 54%. It's exactly what we found.

Bottom line was the average accuracy rate was 54%. Truth and lie detection studies give us on average, when you meta-analyze all of the studies, they give us an average accuracy rate of 54%. It's exactly what we found.