happened during that police interrogation? the evidence shows you were there. i can t lie about the evidence. reporter: i can t lie to you about this, but the officer is lying about lying! tonight, an extraordinary look inside the interview room. you don t talk to me, i can t keep you from the worst! i was scared. i was shaking. reporter: this is one of the most intense interrogations that i ve ever seen. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. how could you confess to a crime you didn t commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense. and yet it does happen. advocates say far more often than any of us realizes. here s keith morrison. a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothers the little town in the blue ridge mountains. february 19, 2003. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, they were not used to this. through the white deadening blanket that buried the town, a piercing sound. fire alarm. now the snowstorm was the last thing on fire chief preston gentry s mind.
than any of us realizes. here s keith morrison. a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothehe the little town in n e blue ridge mouains. february 19, 2003. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, they were not used to this. through the white deadening blanket that buried the town, a piererng sound. fire alarm. now the snowstorm was the last thing on fire chief preston gentry s mind. the tone went off for a fire with occupants possibly trapped inside. that ramps everything up to full force. the alarm was on a quiet start. there were a lot of kids in that nabtd. you re running a lot of things through your mind. who are the occupants s u have to rescue? theheire trucks raced to the home of a recently separated woman of anne charles and thick black smoke poured from the second story eaves. part of the roof burned away. we were concentrating on getting up the steps and getting to the rooms where we were pretty sure we had victims. neighbors crowded in behind police barricade.
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how could you confess to a crime you didn t commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense. and yet it does happen. advocates say far more often than any of us realizes. here s keith morrison. a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothers the little town in the blue ridge mountains. february 19, 2003. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, they were not used to this. through the white deadening blanket that buried the town, a piercing sound. fire alarm. now the snowstorm was the last thing on fire chief preston gentry s mind. the tone went off for a fire with occupants possibly trapped inside. that ramps everything up to full force. the alarm was on a quiet start. there were a lot of kids in through your mind. who are the occupants you have to rescue? the fire trucks raced to the home of a recently separated woman of anne charles and children. thick black smoke poured from the second story eaves. part of the roof burned away. we were concentrating on getting up the steps
reporter: what really happened during that police interrogation? the evidence shows you were there. i can t lie about the evidence. reporter: i can t lie to you about this, but the officer is lying about lying! tonight, an extraordinary look inside the interview room. you don t talk to me, i can t keep you from the worst! i was scared. i was shaking. reporter: this is one of the most intense interrogations that i ve ever seen. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. how could you confess to a crime you didn t commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense. and yet it does happen. advocates say far more often than any of us realizes. here s keith morrison. a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothers the little town in the blue ridge mountains. february 19, 2003. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, they were not used to this. through the white deadening blanket that buried the town, a piercing sound. fire alarm. now the snowstorm was the last thing on fire chief p
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the crime? i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god! reporter: so what could have possibly led to this?! you stabbed that woman. i stabbed her. you stabbed her didn t you? why would he confess to something he didn t do? why would he? reporter: what really happened during that police interrogation? the evidence shows you were there. i can t lie about the evidence. reporter: i can t lie to you about this, but the officer is lying about lying! tonight, an extraordinary look inside the interview room. you don t talk to me, i can t keep you from the worst! i was scared. i was shaking. reporter: this is one of the most intense interrogations that i ve ever seen. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. how could you confess to a crime you didn t commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense. and yet it does happen. advocates say far more often than any of us realizes. a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothers the little town in the blue ridge mounta
why would he confess to something he didn t do? why would he? reporter: what really happened during that police interrogation? the evidence shows you were there. i can t lie about the evidence. reporter: i can t lie to you about this, but the officer is lying about lying! tonight, an extraordinary look inside the interview room. you don t talk to me, i can t keep you from the worst! i was scared. i was shaking. reporter: this is one of the most intense interrogations that i ve ever seen. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. how could you confess to a crime you didn t commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense. and yet it does happen. advocates say far more often than any of us realizes. a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothers the little town in the february 19, 2003. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, they were not used to this. through the white deadening blanket that buried the town, a piercing sound. fire alarm. now the snowstorm was the last th