In a recent publication (2005) one author reported the following: "However, using national estimates of interrogations, arrests, convictions, and error rates of wrongful convictions resulting from false confessions range from a low 10 (.001% of all convictions) to a high of 840 (.04% of all convictions) per year."

In other words, while some critics of police interrogation practices suggest that convictions based on false confessions is a common phenomena, research would suggest that 99.6% of convictions involving confessions are true and correct.