Lab-based research shows that adults can be convinced, over the course of a few hours, that as teens they perpetrated crimes that never actually occurred.
The researchers are hoping the state will read this paper and go “Wait, we can do that? That’s awful! It hinders our pursuit of real justice and hampers our ability to lock up the actual criminals! We should change!”
What they’re actually going to say is “Wait, we can do that? FUCK yeah! Let’s get that 100% conviction rate, boys!”
The researchers are hoping the state will read this paper and go “Wait, we can do that? That’s awful! It hinders our pursuit of real justice and hampers our ability to lock up the actual criminals! We should change!”
What they’re actually going to say is “Wait, we can do that? FUCK yeah! Let’s get that 100% conviction rate, boys!”