Study finds that false confessions were not statistically associated with wrongful convictions

Written By: Reid
Mar 11, 2014
In the November/December 20134 issue of Corrections Today, an article entitled, "Wrongful Convictions: Causes, Prevention, Impact and Outlook for Corrections" reports on the results of a study funded by the National Institute of Justice in which they identified 10 statistically significant factors that contributed to the conviction of innocent persons. The report did not find that false confessions were one of those factors.
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