This psychologist explains why people confess to crimes they didn't commit

Science | AAAS (June 2019)

This article provides an overview of the research on false confessions, highlights the work of CUNY Professor Saul Kassin, explains how false confessions can happen, and demonstrates how confessions can "trump" and "corrupt" other evidence.

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