According to Ms. Malloy, how often were false confessions or admissions present in wrongful convictions of people who were later exonerated by DNA evidence?
According to Ms. Malloy, what percentage of legal cases in the US are resolved by pleas, not trials?
What does US law say about lying to suspects in interrogation? What does UK law say about lying to suspects in interrogation?
How is a teenage brain wired differently than the brain of an adult?
Why might a teenager confess to a crime they didn’t commit?
What changes need to be made to stop these false confessions from happening in the future?

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1. According to Ms. Malloy, 25% of false confessions or admissions were present in wrongful convictions of people who were later exonerated by DNA evidence.

2. According to Ms. Malloy, the percentage of legal cases in the US resolved by pleas, not trials, was 97%.

3. Under US law, police are allowed to lie to suspects in interrogation, but they are prohibited from using physical force to extract incriminating evidence.

4. UK law does not allow police officers to lie to suspects.

Instead, officers seek to confirm or negate evidence by comparing it with other known facts.

5. A teenager's brain shows their actions are guided more by the emotional, reactive amygdala and less by the thoughtful, logical frontal cortex than an adult's.

6. A teenager might confess to a crime because they do not differentiate the difference between being honest and confessing to a crime.

7. To stop the false confessions by teenagers from happening in the future, the justice system for adults should not be applied to teenagers.

What is the justice system?

The justice system describes the governmental agencies, establishments, and institutions that oversee the administration or enforcement of civil and criminal laws.

The justice system:

  • Identifies
  • Apprehends
  • Judges
  • Punishes

Law offenders.

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