Steven A Drizin

Director Emeritus @NorthwesternCWC /Clinical Professor of Law Writes abt. police interrogations, false confessions & wrongful convictions #MakingaMurderer

[Zayd Ayers Dohrn @ZaydDohrn]

Lovely review of DANGEROUS DIRTY VIOLENT AND YOUNG in the @nytimes

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Reviews of @nvancleve "s Crime Fictions are trickling in. Here's one from @KirkusReviews that should inspire you to give it a read. https://t.co/XpBbUm29E7

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

The times they are a changing. New interrogation techniques -- evidence-based, non-confrontational ones -- are being taught to law enforcement officers in New Mexico. Inch by inch, step by step. https://t.co/2SCiS18D1T

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

With video showing a detective pointing a gun at Michael Scott's head during his interrogation, why did a judge allow Scott's confession into evidence? Apparently, the judge accepted the detective's testimony that it was his "finger" not his gun. Really?https://t.co/kJkg6QWhIq

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Desperate to solve the murders of four young girls, Austin detectives subjected Michael Scott to a grueling 18-hour interrogation. At one point, an investigator is captured on video tape putting a loaded gun against Scott's head. Scott falselyconfessed. https://t.co/LEuY7LEmhH

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

https://t.co/vKCDMSlTdl Here's 35 million more reasons why police need to be concerned about coercive interrogation tactics and false confessions. These costs don't even include the costs associated with the desperate desire to put these innocent men to death.

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

https://t.co/ywEnPZuHCg Every read a book you wish you had written? I wish I had written "Crime Fictions." Here's an interview with the author of Crime Fictions @nvancleve Book comes out May 19. Pre-order now!

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Just 2 wks b4 @nvancleve's Must Read "Crime Fictions: How Racist Lies Built a System of Mass Wrongful Convictions" is out. The book explores how police & prosecutors in Cook County scripted elaborate false confessions - fictions - to convict innocent young black men. Pre-order!

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

1/2 Closers. The detective who always gets a confession to solve a case. Every police dept. has 1 (or more). Turns out that many of these confessions have been false. Retired Detroit Det. Barbara Simon is just the latest in a rogue's gallery of "closers". https://t.co/HZRqdeSvTc

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Kudos to @COinnocence for its work in exonerating false confessor Stephen Martinez. After hours of denials, police got Mr. Martinez to confess to shaking his girlfriend's baby. It didn't happen; the baby died of pneumonia. https://t.co/EtxtKHeFgm

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Using the Reid Technique, the academic director of the @QuattroneCenter was able to get ChatGpt to confess to a crime it didn't commit. Wild! https://t.co/9eIgY5WZQ3

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

https://t.co/l8JTWVEhVI Puerto Rico steps up to protect youthful suspects by requiring that their interrogations be recorded.

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

https://t.co/XKf8MTugj3 Alex Villa's exoneration is a story of great work by Jennifer Blagg & Eric Bisby. It's a reminder that it's not just the police who made Chicago the false confession capital. In many cases, prosecutors also suppressed evidence of innocence.

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

https://t.co/wNRYWHbwQl What a great idea!

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

How does one improve on perfection? "Over the Rainbow" is one of the greatest song ever written. It's been described by some as "the perfect song." But there's a lost intro, sung here by Mandy Patinkin. I think it makes a perfect song even more perfect. https://t.co/eBsKRYJiAj

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Revisiting a high point in media coverage of interrogations and false confessions. https://t.co/t8CEjSdphJ

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

New Hampshire moves a step closer to mandating the electronic recording of interrogations. Let's hope that this step leads to a leap to join the 30 other states that require full recording of interrogations. https://t.co/T3LpxEEsLC

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Sick day television. As a kid stuck at home with the flu, old black and white tv shows made for great entertainment. One of my faves was the Beverly Hillbillies. Who knew that Leon Russell covered the theme song during his blue-grass revival phase?: https://t.co/CFbw8OSfQ2

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

Why do police often question suspects, even suspects who are vulnerable (minors), in the wee hours of the morning? Sleep deprivation makes it easier for the police to obtain confessions -- both true and false. Some impt. recommendations from research. https://t.co/xj1aWockyV

[Steven A Drizin @SDrizin]

https://t.co/RmOTwrBEyR Barbara Simon, former Detroit detective linked to multiple false confessions strikes again. Kudos to all involved including @UofMInnocence's students and faculty. Welcome to the free world George Calicut Jr.