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False Confessions Like Brendan Dassey’s Are Common Among Exonerated Juveniles

Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around. New details about the case against Steven Avery keep emerging as U.S. audiences flock to Making a Murderer, the Netflix series documenting Avery’s path from wrongfully convicted inmate to free man suing the government to suspect in […]

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Un-making a murderer

January 6, 2016 ASU’s Post-Conviction Clinic works to free the wrongfully convicted Since its release last month, the Netflix documentary series “Making a Murderer” has inspired a host of social media debates, many soaked in outrage aimed at an alleged injustice. The series follows the murder case against Steven Avery in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, and

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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Public’s Perception of Criminal Defense

The Huffington Post By Adam Banner, Criminal Defense Attorney 11/18/2015 “We don’t live in a world where police and prosecutors always pick the right suspect. We can’t say they always protect defendants’ rights. We know that everyone makes mistakes. If every prosecutor was only focused on justice, rather than seeking a conviction, there might be

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Would Obama recognize criminal justice reform if it stuck him in the eye?

Harvey Silverglate: Would Obama recognize criminal justice reform if it stuck him in the eye? This week’s panel on criminal justice reform, filmed at the White House and live-streamed on The Marshall Project’s website, had the potential to inform the public of the real and hidden problems that plague our state and federal justice systems.

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