Every year in the United States, nearly 250,000 youths are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated as adults. Though the age limit for juvenile court varies from state to state, the cutoff age in most jurisdictions is 18. Frankie Guzman, a lawyer at the National Center for Youth Law who directs its California Youth Justice Initiative and who was incarcerated More
Would you confess to a crime you did not commit? Many people would respond instantaneously with a firm, “No.” But they do and often, says Saul Kassin, one of the country’s leading experts on false confessions. “Your belief that you would never confess to a crime you didn’t commit is More
If you were under interrogation, would you confess to a crime you didn’t commit? It’s more common than you might think. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 27 percent of people in the registry who were accused of homicide gave false confessions, and 81 percent of people with mental More
At 16, Huwe Burton confessed to killing his mother. He was still in shock from discovering her body when New York City police began to interrogate him. After hours of being threatened and cajoled, he told the police what they wanted to hear. He soon recanted, knowing he was innocent More
Devon Leigh Logan Polaschek has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her contributions to criminal psychological science. More
Jennifer Duchschere received the award in recognition of her BREAK intervention program’s role in bringing laboratory research into community settings. More
