Off Duty: The Police | Ep 3

About this episode

This episode investigates the case of Alex Villa, who was accused of a crime but refused to confess, exploring the reliability of eyewitness testimonies against him.

Unlike the other suspects, Alex Villa refused to confess. He was released after 48 hours, but the police weren’t done with him. Not by a long shot. To build their case, the state relied on three people who claimed they overheard Alex saying he did it. But do their stories check out? This is episode three of Off Duty, an investigation by the Guardian’s Melissa Segura

People in this episode

Host: Melissa Segura

Topics covered

• police investigation
• false confessions
• eyewitness testimony
• criminal justice
• society

Keywords

• Alex Villa
• police
• investigation
• confession
• eyewitness
• testimony
• criminal case

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Guardian

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