False Confession Expertise

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