According to Steven Drizen of the center of Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, “juveniles are particularly vulnerable, they tend to be impulsive, they tend to be more focused on short-term gratification like “If I confess, can I go home?” (False Confessions 1). Research is also showing that teens may be more vulnerable to producing internalized false confessions, a confession in which the suspect actually comes to believe they committed the crime, even if they don’t remember, as illustrated in the case of Michael
According to Steven Drizen of the center of Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, “juveniles are particularly vulnerable, they tend to be impulsive, they tend to be more focused on short-term gratification like “If I confess, can I go home?” (False Confessions 1). Research is also showing that teens may be more vulnerable to producing internalized false confessions, a confession in which the suspect actually comes to believe they committed the crime, even if they don’t remember, as illustrated in the case of Michael