Another Sold Out CLE - Litigating Forced and False Confessions

Edward P. Ryan, Esq. (Moderator) David Boeri WBUR Radio and WCVB-TV Hon. Peter W. Agnes, Jr. Massachusetts Appeals Court Hon. Kenneth J. Fishman Massachusetts Superior Court Hon. Kenneth J. Fiandaca Massachusetts Superior Court Richard J. Ofshe PhD (Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley) Pamela L. Hunt, Esq. (Retired, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office) On May 22, 2012 the Social Law Library presented a sold-out CLE program dealing with false and forced confessions. A panel of advocates, investigators and experts discussed the subject, highlighted by the presentation of a dramatic police interrogation of a 16-year-old mother who was coerced into the confession of killing her infant son. Edward P. Ryan, the woman’s lawyer, described his involvement in the case and David Boeri detailed the effort made to secure the videotaped confession that ultimately set the woman free. Other topics included the evolving law of confessions, courtroom procedure for suppression hearings, the proper limits of police interrogations, and expert observations on false and forced confessions.  Attendees were granted CLE credits for criminal and juvenile delinquency trail level and post-conviction panels. Don’t miss the next Social Law CLE program, Eyewitness Error: Causes and Cures, on June 20, 2012! REGISTER HERE
Edward P. Ryan and David Boeri discuss the case Commonwealth v. Nah Troung.	Attendees view police interrogation video.	Hon. Peter J. Agnes, Jr., Hon. Kenneth J. Fiandaca, and Hon. Kenneth J. Fishman discuss suppression hearings.
Professor Emeritus Richard J. Ofshe, University of California, Berkeley, discusses the phenomenon of false confessions.