There are several reasons why people falsely confess to crimes. This will include different analyzes from studies conducted by criminal psychologists to understand why some people are prone to falsely confess to crimes. There are several characteristics to understand why people falsely confess crimes such as; individual differences, personal and situational factors and ethnicity. This essay also aims to identify what leads some individuals to confess to crimes they did not commit even when the crime may lead to a long-term prison sentence. Experts in this field suggest that the blind eye of justice contributes greatly to the reasons why people continue to falsely confess to crimes, whether it is the law enforcement investigator continuing to pressure a suspect or often of an overzealous prosecutor who refuses to accept that the confession is not true. The facts of the case and many reasons do not apply. Throughout the story we understand that a confession was treated as a conviction. The use of physical torture was very rampant and was used as a means of extracting confessions, and at that time all confessions were routinely admitted into evidence without question. However, gradually over the centuries, the status of confessions in the legal system shifted from limiting the acceptability as evidence of ordinary confessions by courts in the mid-1700s, to the total exclusion of forced confessions by the mid-to-late 1800s. The main purpose of this essay is to examine and understand why innocent people sometimes confess to crimes they did not commit. This essay will also examine the factors that force innocent suspects to make false statements and confess to crimes they did not commit during police interrogations... the focus of the paper... the suspects. In conclusion, there are numerous ways to understand why people falsely confess to crimes. The police and other investigative agencies play a significant role in facilitating false confessions. As the research in this essay has shown, individual differences, stereotype threats, personal and situational factors may lead to the reasons why false confessions occur. The way in which the police and other law enforcement agencies investigate certain suspects must ensure that the conditions in which the suspects find themselves do not give them reasons to make false confessions. The different ways mentioned in this essay to understand why people falsely confess to crimes have great potential in enhancing legitimate contributions to improving criminal justice practice, as they can help reduce the number of suspects who find themselves in these difficult situations for testify truthfully..