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Kassin and his colleagues examined 241 of these cases, including police reports, witness statements, trial testimony, and other court records -- basically any evidence that might have led to conviction.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

Psychological scientist Saul Kassin of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice has been especially vocal on this issue, and in a recent study he and two colleagues decided to systematically reexamine the evidence in exoneration cases that revealed a false confession.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

Kassin, who pleaded guilty in March to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, was sentenced Wednesday June 1 to two years of unsupervised probation.

Brooklyn rabbi sentenced in case of skimming charity funds 2011

Kassin and his colleagues examined 241 of these cases, including police reports, witness statements, trial testimony, and other court records -- basically any evidence that might have led to conviction.

Wray Herbert: Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions Wray Herbert 2012

But Pisano said Kassin alone was responsible for the missing charitable funds.

Brooklyn rabbi sentenced in case of skimming charity funds 2011

Kassin's attorney, Gerald Shargel, asked the judge to consider Kassin's 78 years of community service.

Brooklyn rabbi sentenced in case of skimming charity funds 2011

Or, Brehm, Kassin and Fein note in Social Psychology, “[e] vents that are ambiguous enough to support contrasting interpretations are like inkblots: We see in them what we want or expect to see.”

What if an Atheist saw an Angel? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

The series was created by Allegra Joyce Kassin, a devoted mother of five and grandmother of seven, who was in search of books that highlight children from all countries for her own youngest child.

Iman and Daughter at Hue-Man Books « 2010

Kassin could have faced 18 to 24 months in prison, but Pisano said he chose not to because of the rabbi's advanced age.

Brooklyn rabbi sentenced in case of skimming charity funds 2011

The money should be returned to Magen Israel because you are not judging me, you are judging tens of thousands of people who are involved in this project, Kassin told U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano, invoking the Torah's lessons on mercy.

Brooklyn rabbi sentenced in case of skimming charity funds 2011