The confession of a criminal defendant serves as a prosecutor's most compelling piece of evidence during trial. Courts must preserve a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial while upholding the judicial interests of presenting competent and reliable evidence to the jury. When a defendant seeks to challenge the validity of that confession through expert testimony, the prosecution often...

Most accounts of the eucharistic controversy assume that after the Swiss cities rejected the Wittenberg Concord, Martin Bucer had no more influence in Switzerland. In Bern, however, a party supporting Bucer's concord theolStreit um das Abendmahl, in: Zwa 24, 1997, 59-79. This argument holds true for the Swiss who later followed Bucer, but the Zurich church did not genuinely embrace the First He...

Montaigne rarely repented and he viewed confession—both juridical and ecclesiastical—with skepticism. Confession, Montaigne believed, forced a mode of self-representation onto the speaker that was inevitably distorting. Repentance, moreover, made claims about self-transformation that Montaigne found improbable. This article traces these themes in the context of Montaigne‘s Essays, with particul...

Four experiments were conducted to test possible limits on the previously demonstrated point-of-view bias in videotaped confessions. Study 1 showed that deliberation did not eliminate the bias. Study 2 showed that forewarning did not eliminate the bias. Study 3 showed that directing greater attention to the content of the confession did not eliminate the bias. Study 4 showed that using a length...

Different researchers produced enormous literature on false confession by employing different methodologies, including doctrinal research, surveys, experiments and trial transcripts. These studies documented the existence, causes, effects of confession. In addition, these examined authenticity confession, how police obtain a behavioral psychological process behind However, many could not invest...

United States v. Bozza' has seemingly departed from the heretofore existing rule that a proper cautionary instruction in a multi-defendant trial can cure the prejudicial effect of one defendant's out-ofcourt confession on co-defendants. The appellants were convicted of various crimes related to the burglary of several post offices and the subsequent receipt and transportation of stolen stamps. ...