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22 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 523 (1998-1999)
Guilty and the Innocent: An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions, The

handle is hein.journals/hjlpp22 and id is 543 raw text is: THE GUILTY AND THE INNOCENT: AN EXAMINATION OF ALLEGED CASES OF WRONGFUL CONVICTION FROM FALSE CONFESSIONS PAUL G. CASSELL* I. THE FALSE CONFESSION PROBLEM IN CONTEXT .... 526 H. THE LEO AND OFSHE COLLECTION OF FALSE CONFESSIONS ........................................................... 535 A. Defining Who Is Innocent ..................................... 535 B. Determining Who Is In Fact Innocent .................. 537 1. Barry Fairchild ................................................. 538 2. Joseph Giarratano ........................................... 543 3. Paul Ingram ..................................................... 547 4. Richard Lapointe ............................................. 553 5. Jessie Misskelley .............................................. 557 6. Bradley Page .................................................... 560 7. James Harry Reyos .......................................... 564 8. Linda Stangel ................................................... 568 9. Martin Tanldeff ................................................ 573 III. LESSONS FROM THE CASES ..................................... 575 A. Problems in Determining Innocence .................... 578 B. Overgeneralizing the Problem ofFalse Confessions .............................................................. 580 * Professor of Law, University of Utah College of Law (cassellp@law.utahedu). Special thanks to James Agar, Al Alschuler, Patricia Cassell, Gisli Gudjonsson, Lynne Henderson, Richard Leo, Richard Ofshe, Lee Teitelbaum, Welsh White, and the participants in the Virginia Constitutional Law Workshop for assistance in preparing this article. Jonathan Owens, Michael Schwalb, and Pam Vickrey provided valuable research help. I appreciate those who took time to help me locate hard-to-find original trial court records or understand the cases, including Ken Burr, John Cliff, Jr., Rosita Creamer, Darrell Dugan, Chuck Griffith, Phil Harju, Steven Hovani, Darnisa Johnson, Josh Marquis, Mike Mermel, Karen Olio, Jeff Pavletic, David Raupp, Howard Swindle, Elena Tompkins, and Rick Whitt The conclusions I drew about the cases are my own. This article was supported by the University of Utah College of Law Research Fund and the University of Utah Research Committee.

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