Victim/Suspect

Published: June 1, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'Emma Mannion told police she was raped in a car by a fellow University of Alabama student. When investigators said her story wasn\\u2019t credible, she reluctantly recanted her claim. That\\u2019s when cops arrested and prosecuted her for filing a false report.\\n\\nJournalist Rachel De Leon discovered a nationwide pattern of law enforcement using deceptive interview techniques to break the victim\\u2019s resolve, then turning the tables on them and accusing them of their own crimes. De Leon traveled the country to explore the story of Emma and others like her who were treated less like victims and more like suspects.\\n\\nThe Netflix documentary \\u201cVictim/Suspect\\u201d follows De Leon as she exposes why women who sought justice for their assaults were falsely arrested and imprisoned because police didn\\u2019t believe them. It also recounts the case of several victims who\\u2019ve lived with the personal and public pain of false recantations.'