Saul Kassin (psychologist on false confessions)

Episode overview

Saul Kassin (Duped: Why Innocent People Confess) is a professor and psychologist. Saul joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why some people give false confessions in criminal investigations, what tactics law enforcement use in interrogations, and how the language of memory and inference differ. Saul and Dax talk about why some investigators object to recording the questioning of suspects, why some people offer confessions in high-profile cases, and what the optics of silence often says to the public. Saul explains why the Innocence Project only gets involved with cases with DNA evidence, how the threat of punishment can affect the outcomes of learning, and why some people are afraid to confront authority.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on Expert I'm Dan cassen I'm joined by Saul podman hello hello
2. 48:00there are a number of people like Brendan dassi who's still in prison and may be there till the year 2048 oh how
3. 1:36:21or people who can't really stick up for them elves yeah such a bummer yeah oh