Kogut

Were Kogut's alibi witnesses swayed by his confession?

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

They eventually charged three men with the rape and murder, but the case was built largely on the confession of just one, a 21-year-old landscaper named John Kogut.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

Amanda Kogut freezes her garbage before throwing it away.

Gee, Your Trash Smells Terrific Sarah Nassauer 2011

Kogut confessed to murdering the teenager with a coil of rope.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

Indeed, the expert hair analysis introduced at Kogut's original trial was so inept that it was thrown out at his retrial.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

"Hey, there is also that bag in the freezer," Ms. Kogut says.

Gee, Your Trash Smells Terrific Sarah Nassauer 2011

"Hey, there is also that bag in the freezer," Ms. Kogut says.

Gee, Your Trash Smells Terrific Sarah Nassauer 2011

Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center says he and his colleagues have discovered a mysterious "booming noise" coming from space that's six times more powerful than all other space radio sources combined.

Boing Boing 2009

Amanda Kogut freezes her garbage before throwing it away.

Gee, Your Trash Smells Terrific Sarah Nassauer 2011

Nevertheless, after 18 hours of interrogation, the police produced a confession, written out by an officer and signed by Kogut.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012