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A False Confession?

Witness testimony in the capital murder trial of Michael Scott, the second defendant to stand trial for the yogurt shop murders, began August 14.

"...morphed significantly. Yet the state's case is clear: The confession, a product of deft police work that was written..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...charge. In short, Baird says, this is a classic false confession scenario – a problem that has plagued the..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Lesson in False Confessions

The Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit and a proposed Senate bill address the problem of false confessions

"...San Francisco professor Richard Leo, a national expert in false confessions who spoke Jan. 13 to the Texas Criminal..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Forced Confession?

Jurors spent much of week three of the yogurt shop murder trial of Michael Scott watching nearly 20 hours of an exhaustive videotaped confession he gave Austin police in September 1999.

"...Scott watching nearly 20 hours of an exhaustive videotaped confession he gave Austin police in September 1999. On the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

In the Name of the Father

Daniel Day-Lewis reunites with his My Left Foot director for this harrowing story about the real-life, imprisonment of Gerry Conlon (and family members) for an IRA bombing in Belfast that he did not commit.

"...bombing of a London pub, tortured into making a false confession, convicted, and imprisoned. And through this extraordinary film..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...cops arrested the wrong suspects but also that the "confessions" the men made to police were false. Now, more..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Danziger and Ochoa: Why Did Freedom Take So Long?

"...The suits argue that APD detectives coerced Ochoa into falsely confessing to the crime and implicating Danziger, and further..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Free Daniel Villegas

Rally at Capitol today for teen many believe was wrongly jailed

"...confessed to the crime. As it turned out, that "confession" was enough to land Villegas in prison for life,..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Lehmberg Answers Springsteen Suit

D.A. argues innocence can not be declared in civil court

"...Prosecutors were successful in having have each man's confession entered as evidence at the trial of the other..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: A Mother Set to Die

Melissa Lucio says she didn't kill her daughter and half of the Texas House of Representatives agree

"...It wasn't a full confession or a convincing one. But Lucio's statements from the..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

"...the officer who secured the highly detailed and completely false confession from Christopher Ochoa. Ochoa and friend Richard Danziger..."

Sept. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Yogurt Shop DNA Saga Continues

Defense attorney Joe James Sawyer says D.A.'s office is ignoring science

"...The state's case is based almost exclusively on "confessions" Springsteen and Scott each made to Austin Police, which..."

March 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Appeal Filed for Fran Keller: The Oak Hill Daycare 'Ritual Abuse' Fiasco

Appeal cites outdated medical evidence and Brady violation

"...based on "medical observations now repudiated, a recanting witnesses' false confession, child fantasies, a quack 'expert' in imaginary satanic..."

Jan. 14, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

No More Polancos

The DA's office decides not to pursue the death penalty for Nancy DePriest's murder, but questions linger over police handling of the case.

"...A court found that Polanco had forced a false confession from Christopher Ochoa, who had named Richard Danziger,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Melissa Lucio’s Execution Halted

The mother convicted for killing her daughter could receive a new trial

"...she is actually innocent and whether state prosecutors presented false testimony and hid evidence at her trial. It's possible..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

"...Austin Police Dept. detectives extracted a highly detailed yet false confession from Ochoa that ultimately sent both men to..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

News Ticker: August 1

All the news that's fit to blog

"...• On August 16, supporters will rally at the..."

Aug. 1, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Innocent Black Children Are Still Not Safe

"...does Ms. Lehmberg stand on intimidating and threatening a false confession out of an 11-year-old child without having a..."

April 15, 2008 Postmarks

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...North Austin Pizza Hut. Ochoa's detailed -- but totally false -- confession, which he claims was coerced by Austin..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"...1988 Ochoa provided a highly detailed -- yet completely false -- confession implicating himself and Danziger in the murders...."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Somebody Has to Die

The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.

"...the APD's interrogation tactics and the validity of the confessions they obtained from both Springsteen and Scott; about the..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...To say that Polanco had a reputation for coercing confessions out of innocent suspects would be an understatement. Indeed,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, and readied himself for confession. He never got a chance to recount his sins..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Superfónicos & Julie Oliver Get the Vote Out

Election Confession pairs U.S. House hopeful with Latin funk outfit

"...An extension of his ongoing Song Confessional series, in which the personal stories of participants are..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Young, angst-filled rhymers with a natural penchant for melody..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Learning From Our Mistakes

Free, but not exonerated, Fran and Dan Keller are the victims of a continuing injustice

"...Although the children's tales, if remotely accurate, should have..."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this delicate, uncommon picture of middle-aged new love.

"...smile, but she'll break your heart with the quiet confession of a woman worn-out from first dates and false..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: A Fallen Catholic in a Fallen Church

I can't hide from my sins and, now, neither can the church

"...institution, and its Dantean sense of order I find false and stifling. Yet mine were not empty gestures. What..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...and arrest 22-year-old Preston Hughes III, secure two separate confessions from him, and find evidence in Hughes' nearby apartment..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

P.I.'S Case Casts (Another) Cloud Over Yogurt Shop Probe

Private investigator Louis Akin alleges that police and prosecutors busted him on false charges to block defense efforts in the yogurt-shop case.

"...the district clerk's office would have shown to be false. Akin has been unable to work -- his P.I...."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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