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But it doesn't take work experience to have the common sense to know that a 'confession' by a 14 year old in one of the most virulently racist and unjust climates in American history should be taken with a grain of salt.

That's different than saying no evidence whatsoever. Thanks for coming around.

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Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:23 pm to RogerTheShrubber

forced confessions

Juveniles more prone to false confessions during duress.

False confession expert

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Richard Leo: Interrogations are a two-step process – sticks and carrots. The first step is beating the suspect down psychologically. Then, after you move the person to a perception that there is no way out, the second step is to induce them to think that they’re better off confessing. The first step involves isolating the suspect, accusing them and cutting off their denials. Interrogators are trained to dominate the interaction and not let the suspect verbalize the words, “I did not do it. I am innocent.” At the heart of this first step is what researchers call “the evidence ploy.” Most people in America don’t know that police can lie about the existence of evidence, to say “We’ve got your fingerprints.” I cannot think of a single false confession case that didn’t involve lies
about evidence.

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Posted by bulldog95

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:29 pm to RogerTheShrubber

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Experts say the request for a new trial is a longshot because South Carolina law has a high bar to grant new trials. If the judge finds in favor of Stinney, it could open the door for hundreds of other appeals.

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It's the first time in 70 years Ruffner is breaking her silence, professing the innocence of her older brother. Ruffner said she knows her brother is innocent because she never left his side after the girls, Mary Emma Thames, 7, and Betty June Binnicker, 11, asked them where they could find flowers as they tended to a family cow near a set of railroad tracks near their home. "They said 'could you tell us where we could find some may pops,' Ruffner recalled. "We said 'no,' and they went on about their business."

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Relatives of the girls have recently spoken out as well, saying Stinney was known around town as a bully who threatened to fight or kill people who came too close to the grass where he grazed the family cow.

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Posted by Peazey

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:32 pm to RogerTheShrubber

This kind of stuff still happens too. When I was in high school one of my friends was held for something like 8-12 hours by the police until the they convinced him that all he needed to do was sign the piece of paper to be able to go home. I guess that he was too young and stupid to know to ask for a lawyer and not to trust the cops.

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