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Video:

Video 1: False Confessions: The Interrogation Tactics That Bring Them
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/false-confessions-the-interrogation-tactics-that-bring-them-622926403825
Description: This video highlights the interrogation techniques that are used by law enforcement, some that result in confessions that are not true.

Video 2: Why Teens Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit
https://www.ted.com/talks/lindsay_malloy_why_teens_confess_to_crimes_they_didn_t_commit
Description: Why do juveniles falsely confess to crimes? What makes them more vulnerable than adults to this shocking, counterintuitive phenomenon? Through the lens of Brendan Dassey’s interrogation and confession (as featured in Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” documentary), developmental psychology professor and researcher Lindsay Malloy breaks down the science underlying false confessions and calls for change in the way kids are treated by a legal system designed for adults.

Audio:

Audio 1: Lawyers Push for Spanish-Language Miranda Warnings
https://www.npr.org/2016/08/13/489913679/lawyers-push-for-spanish-language-miranda-warnings
Description: The American Bar Association wants to create a Spanish translation of the Miranda warning. Alex Acosta of the ABA’s Special Committee on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities explains why.

Audio 2: Victims of Chicago Police Torture Paid Reparations Decades Later
https://www.npr.org/2016/01/06/462114331/victims-of-chicago-police-torture-paid-reparations-decades-later
Description: Police were accused of beating false confessions out of accused Black men, starting in the 1970s. Activists say reparations aren’t the end in the city’s dark history around racial police brutality.

Web:

Web 1: False Confessions
https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/19-false-confessions
Description: A curated collection of links.

Web 2: History of Miranda Rights
https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/miranda-rights
Description: This website provides a brief overview of the history of Miranda Rights.