"Most Americans don’t know this, but police officers in the United States are permitted by law to outright lie about evidence to suspects they interrogate in pursuit of a confession," writes Saul Kassin, who has studied false confessions for 40 years. nyti.ms/3r4JjEq
"Consider what happened to 17-year-old Martin Tankleff. In 1988, he woke up early one morning to find his mother laying in her bloodied bed and his father slumped in his bloodied study chair, gurgling air but unconscious." nyti.ms/3r4JjEq 
"After hours of accusations and denials, the lead detective launched into a series of lies about evidence, culminating in a staged phone call to the hospital. He returned with good news and bad." nyti.ms/3r4JjEq
Mr. Tankleff became disoriented and lost his grip on reality. "My father never lies," he thought. "If he said I did it, I must have." nyti.ms/3r4JjEq
Martin Tankleff is now a New York-based lawyer and criminal justice reform advocate.
The type of deception he encountered is still very much in use. A bill awaiting legislative action in New York, Senate Bill S324, would finally put a stop to it. nyti.ms/3r4JjEq
The type of deception he encountered is still very much in use. A bill awaiting legislative action in New York, Senate Bill S324, would finally put a stop to it. nyti.ms/3r4JjEq
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