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defendant guilty. >> as you can they read the wrong verdict. >> you feel so hopeless. >> its like a shot in the chest. >> despair to hope. darkness to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager could happen to any one of our children. >> at 18, he was arrested for murder. adamant he was innocent. >> i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god. >> so, what couldve possibly led to this? >> you stab that women. >> why would he confess to something you didnt do? >> why...

adamant he was innocent. >> i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god. >> so, what couldve possibly led to this? >> you stab that women. >> why would he convince to something you didnt do? >> why would he? whats really happened during that police interrogation. >> the evidence shows you were there. i can lie about the evidence. >> i cant lie to you about this. the officers lying about lying. >> and extraordinary look inside the interview room. >> if you dont talk to me i cant keep ...

A trial. >> this is andy griffiths, 26 years a detective in the sussex police department, internationally recognized for his work in investigative interview techniques. when griffiths was a rookie, british interrogation rules were much like they are in the u.s. but they are not anymore. >> what happened to precipitate these changes in the united kingdom? >> changes really came about through problems. >> like a national scandal after a series of high profile false confessions, including an arson/...

Investigative interview techniques. when griffiths was a rookie, british interrogation rules were much like they are in the u.s. but, they are not anymore. >> what happened to precipitate these changes in the united kingdom? >> changes really came about through problems. >> reporter: like a national scandal after a series of high profile false confessions, including an arson/murder case eerily similar to robert daviss. >> so, the government of the day instigated a whole review of the way that pr...