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Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2011, page 14
Earlier this year PLN reported on the phenomenon of suspects who falsely confess to crimes they did not commit. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.18]. As false confessions occur in wrongful conviction cases with disturbing regularity, this article revisits and expounds on this important topic and the tragic consequences that can ...
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Police Misconduct,
Reviews,
Malicious Prosecution,
Guilty Pleas,
Sentencing,
Wrongful Conviction,
Wrongful Imprisonment.
Location:
United States of America.
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