Why do innocent people plead guilty?

By Sarah Craft
July 7, 2015

Some recent high profile exonerations featured defendants who confessed to crimes they did not commit. One new study presents research into some of the causes of these “false confessions” by looking at cases where innocent people plead guilty and confessed to rapes they never actually committed.

Read about the study in The Crime Report.

Sarah Craft is EJUSA's Death Penalty Director. She has worked with EJUSA’s state partners all over the country to develop winning strategies for their campaigns. Read More

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