The End of a Lazy P

The federal government and law enforcement made attempts in the 19 forties and 19 fifties to push back against the torture and murder of black people by police. The n a c p eventually was successful through a number of cases in getting a series of supreme court decisions that significantly regulated and reduced the admissibility of forced confessions. 12% of overturned wrongful convictions in the last 30 years have involved a false confession, which we don't call a forced confession any more, but probably ought to.