Most non-Black Americans will be surprised to learn that a quarter of all African-American employees report experiencing racial discrimination during the past year. Many white people find themselves frustrated with the attention paid to racial difference and...
Deceptive interrogations and false confessions are all too common
Why should police officers be allowed to lie to citizens? They should not— but it is a standard practice and, amazingly, legal. Routinely, interrogators obtain confessions by lying to defendants. “We already have your fingerprints—just tell us what happened” when...