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Felony Friday Ep. 023 - Alan Hirsch is Shining a Light on False Confessions

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Education, Business, Comedy, Self-improvement, News, Politics

4.6672 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Today on Felony Friday host John Odermatt is joined by false confession expert Alan Hirsch. Throughout his career Alan Hirsch has embraced aspects of both the civil and criminal justice systems. However, Alan’s focus has shifted to more heavily focused false confessions. During his lengthy career Alan has studied and written about false confession extensively. He has also assisted attorneys as an expert witness on false confessions and has been retained in more than 100 cases. Alan Hirsch is a professor, attorney and author. He graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in Philosophy and Yale Law School. He is currently chair of the Justice an [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:10.0

And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come.

0:18.0

In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills. That's up to

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£8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply.

0:35.1

Welcome to Phyllity Friday, a presentation of the Lions of Liberty podcast. Here is your host, John Otermat.

0:45.0

Welcome, felons, friends, and freedom lovers. Thank you for joining me once again for yet another

0:50.7

edition of Felony Friday here on the Lions of Liberty podcast.

0:55.8

Today I have a guest who has had a career that has spanned both the civil and criminal justice

1:00.6

system, but he is probably best known for his work as an author and as an expert witness

1:06.9

on false confessions.

1:08.7

Now, before I introduce my guest, I do want to let everyone know where

1:11.8

they can find the show notes for today's episode. This is episode number 23, so you know that means

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you can find these show notes at Lions of Liberty.com slash FF2.3. My guest today is Alan Hirsch. Alan is a professor, attorney, and author. He is a graduate of Amherst

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College. He graduated with a BA in philosophy, and he graduated from Yale Law School. He is

1:39.4

currently chair of the Justice and Law Studies program at Williams College, where he has taught constitutional

1:46.3

law. Alan has published six books, a dozen scholarly articles in law journals, and more than

1:53.4

20 op-eds and magazine articles on various aspects of the legal system. These articles have

1:58.9

appeared in the LA Times, The Washington Post, Washington Times, and Newsday.

2:03.5

His latest book is called The Duke of Wellington Kidnapped,

2:08.0

the incredible true story of the art heist that shocked a nation.

2:12.4

During Allen's career, he embraced aspects of both civil and criminal justice reform. However, Alan's focus

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