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Read the expert opinions and scholarship below to learn more about false confessions. These subject matter experts dissect what causes innocent people to confess to crimes they never committed — and why Brendan Dassey's statement bears every hallmark of a classic false confession.

• American Bar Association (ABA) Article by Laura Nirider, Steve Drizin, and Megan Crane on Preventing Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions
• The groundbreaking study of false confessions by Steve Drizin and Richard Leo
• Law Review article by Laura Nirider, Joshua Tepfer, and Steve Drizin on fact-feeding during Brendan Dassey’s interrogation
• Talk by Laura Nirider deconstructing Brendan Dassey’s confession
• White Paper by the American Psychological Association on the psychology of false confessions, co-authored by Steve Drizin
• Article in the New Yorker article on False Confessions and Interrogation
• Article in The Intercept: "Gutting Habeas Corpus"
• Interview guide by the International Association of Chiefs of Police