UNIT 6 CRIM LAB - Edgenuity Unit 6 Criminology Lab

lOMoARcPSD|23780900 1. What do the teens Ms. Malloy mentions at the opening of her talk have in common? They all served 89 years for murders they did not commit and falsely confessed. 2. What physical evidence did prosecutors have against Brendan Dassey? They did not have any physical evidence against Brendan Dassey. 3. What caused Brendan to be sent to prison for nearly a decade? Brendan confessed but, the confession didn’t make sense; it was his mere words that were false that sent him to jail. 4. What eventually happened to Brendan’s conviction? A judge overturned his conviction after nearly a decade. 5. According to Ms. Malloy, how often were false confessions or admissions present in wrongful convictions of people who were later exonerated by DNA evidence? Approximately 25 percent of wrongful convictions are exonerated by DNA evidence. 6. According to Ms. Malloy, what percentage of legal cases in the US are resolved by pleas, not trials? The percentage is 97 that are resolved by pleas and not trials. 7. What does US law say about lying to suspects in interrogation? What does UK law say about lying to suspects in interrogation? US police are allowed to lie to the suspect, whereas, in the UK it is illegal to lie to the suspect during interrogation. 8. How is a teenage brain wired differently than the brain of an adult? Juveniles can be influenced and susceptible especially when it comes to pressure from authority figures. 9. Why might a teenager confess to a crime they didn’t commit? Anatomically, a teen’s prefrontal cortex and the limbic system have not developed fully. Which leads to an undeveloped understanding of self-control, decision-making, emotion processing, and so on. Stressful circumstances such as police interrogation can affect how they function. 10. What changes need to be made to stop these false confessions from happening in the future? There needs to be special protections and considerations for juveniles.