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Question
1. What do the teens Ms. Malloy mentions at the opening of her talk have in common?
2. What physical evidence did prosecutors have against Brendan Dassey?
3. What caused Brendan to be sent to prison for nearly a decade?
4. What eventually happened to Brendan's conviction?
5. According to Ms. Malloy, how often were false confessions or admissions present in wrongful convictions of people who were later exonerated by DNA evidence?
6. According to Ms. Malloy, what percentage of legal cases in the US are resolved by pleas, not trials?
7. What does US law say about lying to suspects in interrogation? What does UK law say about lying to suspects in interrogation?
8. How is a teenage brain wired differently than the brain of an adult?
9. Why might a teenager confess to a crime they didn't commit?
10. What changes need to be made to stop these false confessions from happening in the future?