''The Confession Tapes'' is a true crime

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series that presents several cases of possible false confessions leading to murder convictions of the featured people. In each case, the documentary presents alternate views of how the crime could have taken place and features experts on false confessions, criminal law, miscarriages of justice and

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. The series, produced and distributed by

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, became available to all Netflix subscribers on September 8, 2017. Critics praised the series, likening it to other Netflix true crime documentaries, such as ''

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'' and ''

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Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2019)

Reception

Reception to the series was mostly positive. ''

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'' called it "harrowing", saying it "further solidifies" Netflix as the "leading purveyor of non-fiction true-crime TV." ''

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'' described the series as "addictive". One of the women featured, Karen Boes, told WCRZ that she was hopeful the documentary would help exonerate her. ''

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'' praised the series, saying that it proves that "we need to change the way police do interrogations."

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Confession Tapes, The 2017 American television series debuts 2010s American documentary television series Television series by A24 English-language Netflix original programming Netflix original documentary television series Documentary television series about crime in the United States