ABA Asks Cops To Pretty Please Stop Lying To Children To Extract Bogus Confessions
Briefly

The ABA urges laws against police lying to juveniles for confessions citing minors' inability to assert due process rights; data shows high false confessions rates among adolescents.
Research notes the vulnerability of juveniles to false confessions, indicating a significantly higher rate compared to adults; neuroscience highlights critical differences in how teens should be treated in the justice system.
While a focus is on the unique harm caused by deceiving minors, adults face similar risks; a case involving lying to an adult during a lengthy interrogation led to a substantial settlement.
Read at Above the Law
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