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People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never Happened (www.psychologicalscience.org)

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

False confessions are a serious problem and the police should not be allowed to lie their asses off, but they are in many places like the US (which coincidentally has ridiculous prison stats and a for profit prison system that's pretty much legalized slavery, happy Juneteenth I guess).

[–] Domriso@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Literally legalized slavery in most states. The 13th Amendment explicitly allows slavery as punishment for a crime. Some states have amended their own constitutions to remove that wording, but only a few.