Stage Four

I enjoyed reading commentary from Texas blog, GritsForBreakfast, about studies showing the high level of vulnerability in youth during police interrogation and how the youth don't use there rights. The article written by Scott Henson, a former journalist turned opposition researcher/political consultant, public policy researcher and blogger, made commentary on an article from this New York Times piece. Potential intended audience for his commentary would point towards parents of the youth to inform them about real world situations and the constitutional rights they're able to exercise. Among the 57 videotaped interrogations of the teenagers, aged 13 to 17, 37 percent made full confessions, and 31 percent made incriminating statements. John Firman, director of research for the association had this to say,"We want to avoid involuntary or false confessions from juveniles. The ultimate goal is to get accurate information from them. And if you don’t understand juvenile brain development, the likelihood is that you’ll get bad information.” The writer, Scott Henson, starts off the piece with "Adolescents are a psychologically vulnerable population when it comes to police interrogation tactics," agreeing with the previous article he stumbled upon and I support his claim. In the end it's the parents responsibility to inform kids about the rights in which they have so there better prepared for the future.