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Darrell was one of the best public speakers I have ever heard in my life. Almost every part of his story was so extremely interesting from how he got to prison in the first place, to his life at Tamms, to his life now. The one thing that really struck me was his attitude towards [...]
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Unfortunately I did not have the opportunity to hear Darrell Cannon speak in class. However, the topic of coerced confessions has been of great interest to me since taking a course that covered issues related to Psychology and Law. Through my internship this semester I am working with a White Paper written about this topic. [...]
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The presentation of Darrell Cannon was astonishing. Sitting there and listening to him, it was almost unimaginable to most of us how a person can go through so much and still remain sane. But not only he persevered though days of unthinkable torture (cattle-rods, fake shotgun shots, humiliation) and nine years of solitude in Tamms, [...]
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