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Casebook Read Credits
Advanced Evidence Spring 2023 (4 credit)
Resource 2 . 6 .
22 minutes

Excerpt from transcript in trial of Jessie Misskelley, one of the West Memphis 3

Transcript with Dr. Richard Ofshe

Prof. Nina Chernoff

This excerpt from the transcript shows the defense’s effort to qualify an expert in false confessions. You can see more of the transcript at this link, and you can learn more about the West Memphis 3 case here.

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