The increasing use of the DNA testing technology and the technology getting more and more advanced, a number of cases of wrongful conviction have been resolved and the innocent victims have been freed from incarceration (www.innocenceproject.org). The study by Scheck et al., (2000) depicted that among a pool of 2000 prisoners around 62 victims were released using the evidence from DNA testing and across these 62 cases, 15 (24%) involved the instances of false confessions. As the project continued the number of exonerated innocent prisoners rose to 188 by 2006, December with 45 cases of wrongful convictions arising due false confessions again (www.innocenceproject.org). The use of the DNA testing technology is a great boon for the criminal …show more content…
As the confessions induces a triggered chain of responses the bias against the defendant gets more harsh and harsh with each entity of the system getting against him and this would result in more difficulties for him in the future investigation and trials (Leo, 1996a). The presence of confessions yield a situation that makes it difficult for the defendant to prove himself innocent and enhances the likelihood of his being convicted by creating an invisible web of confirmatory and cross-contaminating biases against the individual (Findley & Scott, 2006). The situation for the defendant gets tougher and tougher as the officials and jurors start interpreting the other evidences in the biased manner against the defendant. This can be exemplified by the example where in an unclear identification by the eyewitness that calls to be dismissed had the confession been absent would in presence of confession will be treated as the valid evidence (Castelle & Loftus,