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

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Tags: psychology, confession, long read, false confessions
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/psychologist-explains-why-people-confess-crimes-they-didn-t-commit

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Published
Jun 11 2019
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  1. teaearlgraycold
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    The problem is that the police want to close a case rather than solve it. More cases need to go unsolved to eliminate the practices that cause this to happen.

    The problem is that the police want to close a case rather than solve it. More cases need to go unsolved to eliminate the practices that cause this to happen.

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