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This is a great documentary that shows major holes in our justice system. We all assume things would happen if we were ever accused of a crime. Such as, innocent until proved guilty, or that it would need to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that we were guilty. Those assumptions simply are not true. This series like several others Netflix has done show the adversarial relationship the police and prosecutors have toward accused citizens. To them it is about winning, not finding justice.

Netflix has come with a new series where people confess a crime they didn't do... At least that is how Netflix pictures them. I really wan't to believe that these sentenced didn't do the crime, but I have to keep in my mind that Netflix also can show what it want's me to believe.

The second episode was the most disturbing so far. It left me in tears and after watching it, I really wanted to sign a petition or at least do something.. But something also tells me that Netflix doesn't show me the whole context. If Netflix can make me believe in one episode that these people are innocent, how come that the judges don't believe it? I assume and really hope that the American judge system is not as corrupted and naive as Netflix pictures it.

If I have to believe that these people are innocent, the more disturbing thing is that the real perpetrators still aren't behind bars.

So to keep a long review short... - you don't know what to believe - These episode's will leave you angry and confused - Very disturbing stories

Last but not least... I have to give Netflix a big thumps up for creating a platform that doesn't show how great the world is and how heroic people are.. not every story has a happy ending.

Much like "making a murderer" this netflix original shows the lengths that the law will go to to get convictions whether deserved or not.. I'm only on the 3rd episode and I'm already hooked. Using actual footage of interviews and trials, as well as current interviews with people involved, you get a feel of how real the emotions are. Both sides are equally shown without favoritism but the coerced confessions cannot be denied.. Unlike making a murderer, the pacing is much better. My heart is actually hurting.

This show goes to show you what the justice system will do to get a confession out of you at all cost. The justice system does not care about getting the real killer their only goal is to get a confession and put someone away for life with no parole. I will get a lawyer in I find myself in a situation like this even if I am innocent and I have 100 alibis.

This is so sad to watch. I myself wouldn't think it's even possible to admit to the crime one has not committed. However looking at the interrogation technique that cops are using in US is horrendous. Intimidation, fear and hours long pressure play tricks with your mind. Once they feel the weakness of the person they start exploiting it until one has given up. Fear overrides everything.

Why is it happening? Why the police does not invest more time investigating the case making sure they exhausted all the options? because it's hard work...maybe it's more convenient to press and use out the vulnerability of people who lost their dearest ones, those in grief.

The crazy thing about it is that the victims do not ask for a lawyer!!!

So many cases in US are wrongfully convicted it makes me cringe ...

This video documentary series is a must watch for all Americans. There is a small percentage of the American population that is educated about the injustice that occurs on a daily basis of the American criminal justice system. This series is aimed at educating people about how prevelent it is for innocent people to be charged, convicted, and sentenced to crimes that they did not commit. It is impossible to judge someone else's actions without experiencing it first hand, so to see how manipulative the police are with extracting a false confession from a person is against the intent and morals of the American criminal justice system. There needs to be major reform in the way police and state attorneys are allowed to prosecute and the first step is to remove the incentive to convict at all cost. This series is the first step in creating a national showing of the American injustice system. I applaud Netflix for creating this documentary and will be a life long subscriber to Netflix.

Eye opening, I am already hooked. I hope Netflix will do another season. This director is awesome! I binged watched the whole season and was ready for more. This must be a small fraction of what is going on. I had no idea what went on during interrogation. It made me rethink what I would do in each situation. This is an intriguing show. Thanks for bringing this awesome series to us, Netflix.

This is made regarding US justice system but sadly, it is true for the entire world. We all have watched in movies that whenever there is an accusation of any kind of wrongdoing, then the accused(most of the times) asks for attorney straight away. I always wondered why they do that? Why pay an expensive lawyer when you are innocent and have done nothing wrong. AFTER watching it, I UNDERSTOOD and understood well enough and felt it's worth to do that. *One line from Episode 4* — Karen Boes, who was convicted in related to the death of her daughter,(I dare not call it murder because conviction/evidence was very very iffy in my opinion) said the last line in this episode:- "It doesn't matter how innocent you are, get an attorney and don't speak" (to police/investigators alone).

One line we all often hear is that every person has a breaking point.Before watching it, I was skeptical about HOW ON EARTH someone can confess to a crime they didn't commit, after watching this, I am still not 100% convinced, but I certainly feel it's possible. In some cases, it does feel like state just want to pin it on someone for the sake of it and doesn't follow the evidence. And we see really long interviews, some even using leading the suspects into saying things they normally won't and using illegal techniques.

Please heed those Karen Boes words if anyone finds themselves in any such unfortunate situation.

The possibility of a false confession is something every citizen in the USA should understand, because everyone has to do jury duty. This series is really a public service announcement and lesson in civics that all of us should receive.

While others say that this series shows a failure of the US justice system, it really shows the failures of human psychology, because all of these people received a guilty verdict from a jury--12 regular citizens. So many jurors think, "Why would they confess if they didn't do it? They must be guilty!" without wanting to realize the complexities of human psychology--especially under pressure and intimidation.

In all of the cases presented, the lawyers of the defendant gave strong cases, and if the jurors were willing to read in-between the lines and see the tell-tale signs of a false confession, then perhaps the fates of these poor individuals would have been much different. The grounds for an innocent verdict were there and were not suppressed.

This series is extremely well done, and the cases that they chose to present were airtight in their logic and defense of an innocent verdict. We see the humanity of the accused innocent--as well as of the lawyers and jurors that accused them. We see the arrogance and irresponsibility of police investigators and judges.

The only thing I see missing from this series is a follow up as to what happened at the appeals. It shocked me that, in many of these cases, the accused had exhausted their appeals, and I am left wondering, why?!?! How can an injustice like this be committed over and over again?!?! But there are no details given as to why their appeals failed.

The lesson I see from this series is that the failure of justice cannot be chalked up to an obscure authority of "The US justice system" but rather a failure of citizens (jurors, media reporters/journalists, police, lawyers, judges) to think abstractly and critically--and HUMANELY. When an injustice is committed, it is a known fault of human psychology to try to pin blame somewhere, anywhere--but an innocent person's life may be ruined, and in many cases these people's lives were ruined before ever even being convicted.

I hope future seasons of The Confession Tapes will give a glimpse into what happens in the appeals process, but other than that, this series gives a voice to the voiceless and is truly a work of art and philanthropy.

This is definitely a grisly documentary series that shows very fundamental flaws in the way police investigate cases and the way courts try them. Very few officers, prosecutors, and even judges come off as anything but reprehensible filth and the evidence for innocence is overwhelming in all but two cases.

The first is in the case of arson. In all this time, the defense failed to offer up any sort of plausible explanation aside from suicide. Their only hint towards this is that she was a "troubled youth who got involved with the wrong crowd and started experimenting with drugs," a statement that describes the vast majority of teenagers worldwide. They couldn't even remove the mother from the scene of the crime, stating only that she loved her daughter. Immolation is one of if not the most brutal method of suicide there is and just makes no sense to me considering the absence of self-harm or suicidal behavior prior to the event. They try to establish that her chin wasn't burned because she lit the match, something equally explained by nocturnal shifting in response to smoke inhalation. Especially given the past abuse, I'd say she's still the most likely suspect in spite of the forced confession and mishandling of the case. After all it's hard to explain closing the door or the fact that she suffocated to death otherwise. And just because she believed in her innocence and was forced to confess does not mean that she didn't go crazy and block the experience out. The defense definitely dragged their feet here.

The final case with the car as well is extremely suspect, and aside from the moronic judge and the parasitic media, I didn't really come off hating the cops here. They gave him so many legitimate outs and he just dug his own grave. If a cop is telling you to leave and get a lawyer, you probably should. He didn't get a fair trial to be sure, but aside from serving time in a psych ward, I think the right person went down for the crime.

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I don't know why people seem to believe documentaries are somehow "required" to present both sides in an unbiased manner. That's the job of journalists, and even they don't do it; the nightly news is filled with bias.

People who confuse "documentary" with "news" don't understand what documentaries are supposed to be. Read the definitions above. Nowhere does it say that all facts must be presented or the presentation should be unbiased.

The intent of documentary film is to present an argument and support that argument with information. Documentary film is the media equivalent to a structured debate or writing a persuasive essay. You include opposing arguments and facts only to the point they help make your case. End of story.

Also, it's dumbfounding how many people fundamentally misunderstand our criminal justice system. Only the prosecution must prove anything using evidence. The entire purpose of the defense is to create reasonable doubt. The defense is not required to offer evidence to support their claims. They create outrageous lies to save their client. This is done every day. It is how it is supposed to be done. If the defense were required to state the truth and provide evidence, 99% of trials would never happen, because the defendant would just plead guilty.

Grow up, people.

In these particular cases profiled I cannot understand how they were found guilty. The one that bothered me the most was the one about the accident and the father got slapped with a false murder conviction. The prosecutor and detectives were pompous asses. Also, it says a lot about a community's prejudices- if he were black, he probably wouldn't have made it to trial alive. The so called "confession" was based on the father saying he felt like he should be locked away (or something to that effect), after my three year old fell down the basement steps, I felt like I should have been punished when it happened -even though his father was upstairs watching him while I went downstairs to do the laundry. I felt guilty for days afterward. Beverly was a disgrace -I cringed every time she opened her big fat mouth. Pathetic. The judge should have changed the venue, and as the journalist stated, it was VERY problematic that he gave him four life sentences, without believing him guilty- irresponsible. I also don't think the teenagers in Canada should get a new trial, especially since the law has changed.

Lastly, it was very difficult to hear the taped "confessions" due to poor audio/ visual- it would have been helpful to have subtitles. All in all it was an eye opener. Keep your mouth shut, otherwise you may land yourself behind bars regardless of guilt or innocence. Z3

Is there anything on Netflix crime documentaries that is not obviously pushing an idea down your throat?? I mean yes its really well done, very entertaining but it doesn't give you the full picture, try imagining CSI or Law and Order where they have a suspect and they are questioning him , how did you feel watching CSI? Yes they are tough and experts and highly skilled and know exactly how to break someone to say the truth! I mean especially with the case of the man who murdered his wife and confessed three times I mean who does that when innocent? No one. Even strong murderers who know they did it will not confess because they know once you said it , its over It really hard to imagine that someone would give details of a murder that he did not commit, and then claim he made it up, who on earth would believe him and why is Netflix trying to convince us with that anyway? The other party that they are purposely-God knows why- trying to demonize is the law enforcement, who are just doing there job ! Yes They have to take the truth out of the criminals ! Who would confess otherwise!!!? And in the case of the two boys , anyone with a sound logic knows well that they did it, what kind of a son buys a mustang shortly after his parents have been violently murdered ? And if he is innocent and knows that the police are after him, why just why would he get involved with criminals !?? I mean its so obvious that is no traumatized kid that is a guilty one, a horrible heartless guy .

I know the people behind these documentary's have an agenda so I am not completely suckered into there bias, however I have seen too many examples of the crazy US justice system failing to ignore them. It's hard for the vast majority of people to contemplate committing a murder, it's equally as hard to contemplate giving a false confession, however in a number of these cases it is clear that there were horrendous tactics, lies and oversights by the police and prosecutors who are all incentivized to get cases closed as quickly as possible, seemingly without caring if they are putting people in jail for most of, if not all of there lives without doing the actual investigation. It seems like once they have you locked into their target, it doesnt matter what actually happened you are going down...... Which to me is as scary as some of the crimes committed. There are some bad people in the world that do unthinkable things, which have been aloud to continue doing them because of the arrogance and corrupted nature of some law enforcement.

Ummm, it just feels like Netflix is getting biased. Yes, it's true that some of the people in these cases were wrongfully prosecuted. But in some of the cases you would still wonder, why would someone confess if they were innocent? Especially if you are intelligent enough to know that if you say you did it to a cop, he will throw you in jail.

This is the cruelest miscarriage of justice I've ever see in my entire life. Just imagine how many innocent people are either in jail or have been put to death. Canada should be ashamed for destroying the lives of these men and America needs to release them now.

Please watch YouTube video about fuqra in 1994. Our government knew and no one stepped up to the plate to help these boys. Disturbing, unjust and so shameful.

First, the documentary is very biased. Secondly, as a former prosecutor, of the seven cases highlighted, 6 I would get a guilty verdict without the confessions. Only perhaps the two boys from Canada would it have been slightly difficult and the confessions they gave were perfectly legitimate. They didn't even give them to known police officers but instead criminals. the son, who supposedly found his family dead, notices that ONE sony Walkman and VCR were taken. Its patently ridiculous to notice that at the scene of a murder. ONE scenario a guy confesses three times, once to CNN. They argue his confession was "tricked" yet he enters a plea to voluntary manslaughter you learn to avoid a second trial.

EVERYONE accused of murder denies they did it until skilled examiners get them to admit they did it. Nothing wrong with what the police did here.

I have been a PUBLIC DEFENDER with 13 not guilty verdicts and a prosecutor and now a civil lawyer. This is the biggest piece of crap I have ever seen.

I promise everyone of these cases id get a conviction without the confessions, again, except for the two boys, but id get them eventually as well.

the woman who created this only asked "anti valid" questions regarding confessions, not the facts that supported them. Don't watch, its worse BS than making a murderer.

All I can say is that as a lay man and non lawyer this documentary is a blatant example of left-wing anti-law enforcement bias. I will say however that this show was very well directed and quite interesting.

It's likely that the overriding agenda regarding this series was aimed at pushing an agenda that is anti-capital punishment. As always with the progressive left, the criminals are almost never guilty and victims of a flawed society. The very people protecting us and bringing about justice are demonized. All law enforcement is corrupt and illegitimate and we as Americans should be suspect of them.

These are simple cut and dry common sense cases where the evidence is overwhelming and the accused guilt is undeniable. The cases then get picked apart to the point that a reasonable person could possibly be led to conclude that the investigators conspired to frame those convicted. We're then coerced into empathizing with the monsters and hating the real heroes. Just think back to O.J., JFK, 9/11 conspiracies and the nonsense that sparked the BLM movement in Ferguson.

It just goes to show that if one splits hairs and over-examines something so simple and obvious that the audience can be led to believe in the innocence of anyone. Let us all now join together and celebrate this injustice by kneeling during the national anthem

Really, you think the police should more investigate to protect people and catch guilty people but here unfortunately they try hard to push on suspected people and let them confessions so the sentences based on only suspected confessions not on evidence or DNA and that shameful on justice. However, if the policemen have stopped more investigating for the arrest of the criminals. They are inflicting innocent people in prison while the killers are free!!

Clearly from this show you learn first it's not the police, detectives, or prosecutors faults completely. In a sense the whole system is flawwed as is their interrogation techniques. I can say from personal experience that during a stressful situation your mind is unable to think completely calm and clearly. Only after the days pass and the anxiety and stress starts leaving your body is your mind truly able to think 100% clearly. Like episode 7 and the guy with the leg cramp driving without shoes. They can't understand how his story changed. Personally many years ago I was driving and slipped off my shoes and rear ended a guy. It was a minor fender bender but my first accident and scared the crap out of me. To this day I still can't say exactly how gas, brake, and looking played into it. Drive without your shoes for the day (if it's something you only do rarely). Then evaluate episode 7. Now I will only drive in non busy traffic like the interstate if I am going to drive without shoes. But even still after an hour or so I will start getting nervous, and stop and put my shoes back on though I cant stand it cause I prefer my feet to be cool in general so I wear sandals a lot. Point is still 10 years later that small fender bender has me paranoid because I was not able to recall in detail my body, hand and feet gestures from the small accident. It really can throw you off completely. Unless you move the shoes to say the back floorboard and that feels super weird almost like taking a life jacket off in the middle of the ocean. Beware and remember asking for an attorney does not make you guilty. The system as a whole is too flawed to take the chance of not asking for legal representation!

Take two young kids from good families and accuse them of murder. One of the two kids was a student at a top university and had a promising future. What exactly was their motive? Insurance money? Surely with a top notch education he'd be able to make plenty of money in his own right.

I realize the shows angle is to demonstrate the injustices of a corrupt system. To that end I'd have to believe there was evidence or reasons that were omitted that we the audience were not privy to (or one would hope). These kids got life sentences. I would hope that their "confessions" were not the ONLY thing they were going on (for lack of anything else substantial). If so I would be a travesty of justice. If this was the only thing that showed conclusively they were guilty than I hope these kids get another shot to prove their innocence.

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This documentary is very biased, I believe it doesn't give you a full picture of the crime, and kept demonise the Prosecution side all the time.