"We all tend to believe that silence equals guilt."
-- Prof. Peter Brooks
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  " I never take a murderer's confession at face value. "
-- Barbara Kirwin, Ph.D.
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  " More than 70 percent of suspects agree to talk...even after a Miranda warning."
-- William J. Bratton
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This startling series features actual videotaped confessions of criminals in "the box" - the interrogation room. These confessions are taken directly from the video archives of the police departments and prosecutors who originally recorded them. They offer chilling insights into the criminal mind.

Yale Professor Peter Brooks anticipated the link between Court TV and Confessions in his critically-acclaimed book, Troubling Confessions: "If the day comes when the interrogation of criminals is, for instance, broadcast live on Court TV, we may feel simultaneously a fascination and a revulsion. We might not be able to keep from watching: we might be deeply disturbed by what we saw." Now see for yourself.

 
 
 
- Robert Chambers, interrogated after police discovered the body of a female friend in New York's Central Park. The 19-year-old college drop-out claimed she died accidentally during rough sex. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 5-to-15 years in prison.
- Sterling Jones, was questioned by Manhattan prosecutors after his mother was violently murdered. Jones admitted he was the killer but blamed years of childhood sexual abuse and pent-up rage for his actions. A jury watched his videotaped statement and convicted him of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Read the transcript of the chat with series co-producer Richard Kroehling
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