All Articles tagged Language Impairment

• Justice Commentaries
  May 28, 2019 EDT
  UNDER THE HOOD: BRENDAN DASSEY, LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS, AND JUDICIAL IGNORANCE
  Michele LaVigne

  This article analyzes the interrogations of Brendan Dassey and explains why the behavior of law enforcement in the face of Brendan’s communication deficits contributed to an involuntary, unreliable confession.