Desperation−cases in which exhausted suspects confessed for no reason other than to bring their grueling interrogations to an end, figuring that, because they are innocent, they will be able to straighten out the facts after getting some rest.

Kevin Fox: They promised to stop the grilling−if he'd just say his daughter's murder had been an accident.

This chapter also includes the cases of Donnell Vaughn and Dennis Deonte Green.