The criminal case of Damon Thibodeaux in 1996 is the critical case that represents the reality of false confession in the criminal justice system. In this case is that Damon gave a recorded confession that he committed non-consensusl sex and murdered the victim after nine hours of continued interrogation(Paul Purport, 2014). Damon Thibodeaux was sentenced to death and spent 15 years on death row and 16 years in prison baed on his recorded confession before DNA testing proved his innocence. It is important to note that during the exoneration proceedings that proved his innocence, an expert in false confessions concluded that the combination of exhaustion from the overnight search and long interrogation, psychological vulnerability and fear of
