A Very Short Fact: On this day in 1935 A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
“One area that is particularly intriguing is the situation in which a person may falsely confess to a crime. It often surprises people, even experienced police officers, that someone will confess to a crime that they know they did not commit. Yet from the earliest psychological considerations of evidence, it has been known that false confessions occur often enough to be a source of real concern for the police and the courts. One dramatic historical illustration of this is that when Charles Lindbergh's son was kidnapped in 1932, nearly 200 people confessed to the crime. Similarly, more than 100 people confessed to the murder in 1986 of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme.”— From ‘Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction’ by David Canter.
[Pg 68 - ‘Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction’ by David Canter.]
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