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The Night That Lasted A Lifetime
Hidden Brain
English - July 06, 2020 22:35 - 52 minutes - 48 MB - ★★★★★ - 38.8K ratingsSocial Sciences Science Natural Sciences business news health interview entrepreneurship politics leadership science entrepreneur finance Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Not long after his sixteenth birthday, Fred Clay was arrested for the murder of a cab driver in Boston. Eventually, Fred was found guilty — but only after police and prosecutors used questionable psychological techniques to single him out as the killer. This week on Hidden Brain, we go back four decades to uncover the harm that arises when flawed ideas from psychology are used to determine that a teenager should spend the rest of his life behind bars.