True Confessions was a magazine published by Fawcett Publications, beginning in the 1920s. Directed at a female readership between the ages of 20 and 35, it climbed to a circulation of two million during the 1930s, carrying such articles as "The Romantic Story of Jack Dempsey's Cinderella Bride." Early issues in the run sometimes featured cover illustrations by Norman Saunders. Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford H. Captain Billy Fawcett (1883-1940). ... This article is about the boxer named Jack Dempsey. ... Norman Saunders (1907-1989) was a prolific commercial artist who produced paintings for pulp magazines, paperbacks, mens magazines, comic books, and trading cards. ...
In 1922, when True Confessions sold for 25 cents, the front cover of the October issue heralded, "Our Thousand Dollar Prize Winner -- 'All Hell Broke Loose'." During the 1950s, when the magazine was priced at 15 cents, the editor was Florence J. Schetty. The contents of the March, 1959, issue, edited by Schetty and priced at 25 cents, provide insight into the magazine's approach during that period. It included "God Is My Guide" by Clint Walker, "Hairdos You Can Do Yourself" by Grace A. Hufner, " "When a Girl Goes to Prison" by Jules Archer, "I Couldn’t Forgive My Brother-in-Law" by Anonymous and "Let’s Enjoy Breakfast" by Erva Jean Vosburgh.
Children in interrogation rooms will sometimes confess to crimes they did not commit on the assumptions that they will then be allowed to go home, that they are doing what an adult wants of them, and that they can tell their parents the truth and fix everything later.
Like a confession, the testimony of an eyewitness, particularly a victim, is powerful stuff, sometimes seen as the gold standard of evidence.
Laws can be written to include good-faith exemptions for confessions obtained off-cameraand besides, some police officers already have video cameras mounted on their dashboards and carry tape recorders into the field, to protect themselves against allegations of abuse.
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