false confession

“The new DNA evidence identifying Jackson’s DNA as the sole male DNA in Mrs. Roberts’ rape kit is powerful evidence that Barbour’s confession is false,” the judge wrote, “and that Mrs. Roberts’ murder did not occur as the prosecution presented it at trial...Barbour’s confession never made much...

Wayne and Sharmon Stock were murdered in April of 2006 in their farmhouse outside of Murdock, Nebraska. The police had arrested Matt Livers and Nick Sampson, a cook at the local bar and grill, largely on the basis of Mr. Livers’ false confession. Mr. Livers had also failed a lie detector test...

"The case concerns Derrick Chappell, 41, Morton Johnson, 44, and Samuel Grasty, 47, who each were convicted in separate trials of second-degree murder [of a 70 year old woman near Philadelphia] and other charges in 2000 and 2001 and sentenced to life in prison...Tests on the DNA from the semen...

This case came up in a death penalty thread, starting at comment #203. Since that time a hair found in the hand of one of the victims was tested, and the DNA profile did not match Mr. Weger. "A DNA test that showed a hair found on a gloved hand of Murphy was from an unidentified man." Chicago...