Episode
Dateline: The Confession
Overview
Ten years after a 16-year-old boy confessed to a double murder and was sentenced to life in prison, a local businessman tries to prove the confession was coerced and the teen was wrongfully convicted.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 24
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2015-10-16
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Confession is Episode 5 in Season 24 of Dateline. It aired on 2015-10-16. The runtime is 43 min.
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