This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
Raymond Santana
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How False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions Are Betraying U.S. Justice System
It's a largely unknown fact that police during interrogations are allowed to present false information to extract a confession — and that once the confession is made, even other evidence such as DNA often fails to overturn the conviction.