Steven Drizin Quotes on Crime (3 Quotes)

The overwhelming majority of juveniles are involved in impulsive or risky, even delinquent, behaviors during the teenage years. The majority . . . go on to become productive citizens who don't commit crimes.

Immature brain development is not an excuse for juvenile criminal activity, ... (But) it is an explanation which mitigates their culpability. It explains why they should be held accountable and in some cases punished severely, but never as severely as an adult who commits the same crime.

The hallmark of a false confession is where the confession did not fit with the knowable, verifiable facts of the crime.