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Summary Of Kevin Fox Daughter's Murder Case

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Unfortunately, there are many similar situations to Justine Moritz’ that happen in our time today. An example of this is Kevin Fox’ daughter’s murder case. The distraught father ended up falsely confessing to murdering his 3-year-old daughter. It was stated in the article that he was rejected of his rights to be represented by a lawyer. In addition, he was threatened and mentally tortured during his interrogation. Fox was sent to Will County jail for 8 months until newfound DNA evidence excluded him as a suspect (Black & Mills, 2010). Another case was the murder of Jerry Hobbs III’s 8-year-old daughter and her 9-year-old friend. Hobbs, already been acquitted of a different crime, has been in jail for five years. His confession was a result from a high-pressure interrogation. Consequently, prosecutors are pushing for death penalty against Hobbs, even though his DNA did not match the semen found on his daughter’s body. A man who was accused of rape and robbery in Arlington, VA matched the DNA evidence in the murder case. Thus, setting Hobbs free and a concern was raised about the police’s usage of illegal techniques to force a suspect to falsely confess (Black & Mills, 2010). …show more content…

A psychology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, Saul Kassin stated that, “It is stressful enough to get innocent people to confess but add to that a layer of grief and shock and perhaps even some guilt.” Some factors that also contributed to these fathers’ false confessions are trauma, lack of sleep and highly manipulative interrogation techniques used by police officers. Research also show that 25 percent of wrongful convictions is caused by false confessions ("False Confessions or Admissions,"

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