True Confession — AI Summary

Summary

Carol Dodge spent decades fighting for the truth after her daughter Angie’s murder. Her persistence led to the exoneration of a man wrongly imprisoned for twenty years, proving that <<the most unlikely ally for justice was the victim’s own mother>>.

Key Topics

• Investigative Genetic Genealogy: This method revolutionized cold case investigations. By finding common ancestors in volunteer DNA databases, genealogists can pinpoint the suspect's identity where traditional evidence has long since gone cold.
• False Confession: This is a major cause of wrongful convictions. Police often feed suspects details of a crime, which the suspect then repeats in an effort to end the interrogation.
• Tunnel Vision in Policing: It blinds detectives to alternative suspects, leading them to misinterpret evidence and aggressively pressure individuals to fit a pre-conceived narrative.

Key Takeaways

• Read more about investigative genetic genealogy.
• Monitor the Innocence Project’s work.