"60 Minutes" reports on false confessions

December 7, 2012 6:47 AM

It's hard to imagine why anyone would confess to a crime they didn't commit, but Byron Pitts reports for "60 Minutes" on one man who was exonerated after spending 15 years in prison. Then, senior correspondent John Miller talks to Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell about the reasons behind false confessions.

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