Why Innocent People Confess — And Why Abuse Survivors Understand It Better Than Anyone
I used to think I knew the answer.
How does an innocent person confess to something they didn’t do? How do you sit across from someone with authority and persistence and say yes, I did it, when you didn’t?
Explaining Made You Guilty. Silence Made You Guilty. Welcome to the Trap.
Two and a half hours. Photos. Text messages. A search for what he called "cheating apps." He went through everything. And he found nothing, because there was nothing to find.
It didn't matter.