PSYC 372 Lecture 5: plaw notes confessions p 1
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Police training list of reasons a suspect would not confess. Not wanting to admit to self what has happened (denial) Bulgarian nurses accused of deliberately spreading hiv to children (nyt) Kevin/riley fox (illinois coalition to abolish the death penalty sheet) Of 110 americans who have been exonerated by dna evidence, about. Leading cause of false convictions is incorrect eyewitness testimony legal for police to do in interrogations. Pretend someone was identified in a lineup when he wasn"t. Lie about having an eyewitness or several. Lie about others implicating person in crime. Lie about the person"s having failed a lie detector test he actually passed. Keep suspects awake more than 48 hours at a time. Deny food for more than 10 hours. England: police and criminal evidence act (pace) 1986, made it illegal to trick suspects or lie about evidence as a means of inducing suspects to confess.
