By Justin Gardner “It’s like having an 18- wheeler driving on your chest and you believe that the only way to get that weight off your chest is to tell the police whatever they want to hear … even admitting to a murder.” – Marty Tankleff describing the police interrogation that brought about his false confession and conviction, when he was a juvenile.
More than two decades later, juvenile police interrogations are still a wretched procedure. Only recently has light been shed on the coercive, deceptive tactics used by U.S. police departments to get kids to waive their Constitutional rights and fess up, whether …read more