Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room

Juveniles possess less maturity, intelligence, and

competence than adults, heightening their vulnerability in the justice system.

For this reason, states try juveniles in separate courts and use different

sentencing standards than for adults. Yet, when police bring kids in for

questioning, they use the same interrogation tactics they use for adults,

including trickery, deception, and lying to elicit confessions or to produce

incriminating evidence against the defendants.

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