The Journalist Case: Dorothy Varallo-Speckeen

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On July 24, 2013, a woman name Dorothy Varallo-Speckeen was charge for abusing a baby which result in a broken leg of a baby. Now, the court have believe that Dorothy was trick or coerced into make her confession. The Journalist interview Dorothy and her statement was “I feel like I admitted to a story that I was told. I feel like I just agreed to get it off the table, to just get it out of there, to just get it done”. During the interrogation Detective Marcella O’Brien lied to Dorothy, and interrupt her when Dorothy was telling the truth of not hurting the baby. She kept looking for the confession instead of the truth. Even though, O’Brien use the Reid Model, which believe to help prevent false confession, have fail in this case. Many law