Confessing To Crime But Innocent By John Schwartz: Article Analysis

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John Schwartz wrote an article called "Confessing to Crime, but Innocent" that had appeared in The New York Times on September 14, 2010. When more than 40 innocent people have confessed to crimes that they did not commit and were sentence in prisons for a period of time and later found to be innocent. This article describes new research that helps shed light on why innocent people might confess to a crime they did not commit. The author cautions against overstating the problem of false confessions and the point that not obtaining the confession of a guilty person poses a greater threat. According to the article, "experts have long known that some kinds of people -- including the mentally impaired, the mentally ill, the young and the easily led -- are the likeliest to be induced to confess." I think this is a bitter truth that we still face with modern technology and this is part of our justice system that needs to be…show more content…
Additionally, they should be compensated for the time they served, for the emotional suffering, for the physical suffering they had to endure in the prison, and any other family problems they had to go through. I can't possibly imagine how I can calculate ones freedom in dollars but this is the best way I can imagine one can be at some ease. Overall, I think the police officers need to be more productive, and come up with better ways to investigate crimes. They need to consider that a certain population of people are mentally handicapped which should be taken into consideration from here on out. Further, these people should be provided with a counsel/attorney from the start who can make a better judgment on their behalf. However, this might not avoid wrong convictions all together but I'm certain this will minimize it by a significant

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