Nearly four decades after a murder he had long since confessed to, the prisoner sat for yet another round of questions.

“Did her family at some point,” one exchange began, “tell you that they didn’t want you to date her anymore?”

“Yes, ma’am,” the prisoner answered.

“And how did that make you feel?”

“Terrible,” the inmate said. “That’s what I would imagine led to the crime.”

The questioning continued, the interrogator seeking the kind of details a detective needs for a confession.