What Julianne Himmelstein has said about False confession
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 22, 2026
Julianne Himmelstein, Former federal prosecutor experienced in child forensic interviews, has been quoted on False confession once in 1 episode of 20/20, most recently on September 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Himmelstein said she would never prosecute a case resting solely on a confession without corroborating evidence.
“I would never in a million years prosecute a case with only one piece of evidence, and that one piece of evidence being a confession”
20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 50:38
Episodes
True Crime Vault: The Accused20/20 · Sep 22, 2026 · 1 h 24 min
David Muir revisits the 2004 murder of three-year-old Riley Fox, her father's coerced false confession, his DNA exoneration, and the FBI's identification of killer Scott Eby.
Others on False confession
- Kathleen Zellner · 1 quote
- Kevin Fox · 1 quote
- Stuart Bassman · 1 quote
Julianne Himmelstein on other topics
- Forensic interviewing of children · 1 quote