confession

Halligan’s confession comes mere days after a federal judge accused prosecutors of “profound investigative misteps” that could “potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding.”

While Mr Sullivan later retracted his confessions, the police and prosecution also relied on bite mark evidence, a now widely discredited field of forensic science.

“I would like to hear this confession of yours, Miss Lumley. Do go on.”

"If you were to ask me: 'Is this a confession of sorts?' What I'd say is: 'Mendoza confessed to everything except for pulling the trigger.'"

Interrogation chairs - also known as torture chairs or iron chairs - are devices that were used to torture people, often in order to extract confessions.