About The Book
Why do innocent people confess to crimes they did not commit? False confessions are one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions in the United States. Research shows that police coercive interrogation methods are often to blame. In collaboration with six exonerated individuals, who were previously imprisoned for crimes they did not commit due to false confessions, Robin Dahlberg reveals the powerful and often devastating tactics used in such interrogations. Juxtaposing portraits with interview text, the book examines why and how each person was brought to their breaking point and confessed to a crime they did not commit. Publisher’s Info
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About The Artist
Robin Dahlberg is an award-winning visual artist whose work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the New York Public Library. Trained as an attorney, she spent twenty years in the National Legal Department of the American Civil Liberties Union, designing and leading campaigns to reform the U.S. criminal justice system. Her photography draws on this background to explore identity, place, resilience, and the human impact of systemic injustice.
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Specifics
Robin Dahlberg: Breaking Point (Kehrer, 2026) | Texts by Sara C. Appleby and Robin Dahlberg | Design by Caleb Cain Marcus | Swiss binding with dust jacket | 180 Pages, 75 tritone illustrations | 17 x 24 cm. Link.
