In the legal Updates for Summer 2008 the following case topics are discussed:

• Courts limit or reject the testimony of expert witnesses Richard Leo, Richard Ofshe, Saul Kassin, Mark Castanza, Susan Garvey, Deborah Davis and Rosalyn Shultz on false confession issues
• Dr. Christian Meissner testifies on false confession issues - Jury finds defendant guilty
• Police misrepresent evidence against suspect - Court upholds confession - two cases
• Employer found guilty by jury of false imprisonment
• Does the length of the interrogation impact on the admissibility of the confession?
• Interrogator statements - what can and cannot be said
• Mental impairment and IQ re the waiver of Miranda rights
• Corroborating elements in an arson case
• Unambiguous request for lawyer
• Do the Miranda warnings require the interrogator to tell the suspect he has the right to an attorney during the interrogation?
• The Value of Recording Interrogations