Life of the Law's new podcast "Anatomy of a Confession" tells the story of a death row inmate in Texas convicted of a crime he says he didn't do.

Life of the Law's new podcast "Anatomy of a Confession" tells the story of a death row inmate in Texas convicted of a crime he says he didn't do.

311 inmates in the U.S. have been exonerated -- 30% were convicted based on a false confession

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What would make anyone confess to a crime they didn't commit? After years of research and reporting Life of the Law a national podcast produced by a team of investigative reporters and scholars answers the puzzling question with the story of Max Soffar.

At the age of 24 Soffar was arrested on a stolen motorcycle after a homicide at a Houston bowling alley. After three intense days of interrogation by officers using a controversial interrogation method Soffar confessed to the murders. He was convicted and sentenced to death. Now thirty years later Soffar is struggling with end-stage liver cancer and facing execution on death row for a crime he says he never committed.

"I never thought it would go this far. I never thought they'd try me for something I didn't do." -- Max Soffar

Life of the Law's podcast includes interviews with the interrogating officers and Max Soffar himself - a report that sheds light on the phenomenon of false confessions in America.

Listen to the podcast Anatomy of a Confession Investigative reporting by Michael May published on The Infinite Guest Network of Podcasts. Links can be found here:


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-- Life of the Law
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Public Radio Networks and Stations can purchase broadcasting rights to Life of the Law's "Anatomy of a Confession" from Public Radio Exchange (PRX)

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