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The Confessions Case Analysis

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The Confessions a case indicating innocent people violated by the justice system that breach trust and the belief of being honest will prevail.

Bike, O. (1997). The Confessions. Retrieved October 8, 2015. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-confessions/

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The definition of false consensus effect estimates the number of people who share one’s opinions; attitudes, values and beliefs, for instance, an example of this is The Confessions video. When four young men in Norfolk confess to a cruel crime that they did not commit and sentenced to thirtieth years; these individuals shared the same belief that they were guilty. Of course, this case disclosed the justice system exposing the result

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