Laura Nirider is a lawyer and the co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth. Nirider represents individuals who were wrongfully convicted of crimes when they were children or teenagers and specialises in areas such as confessions and police interrogations.
Her clients include Brendan Dassey, whose case was profiled in the Netflix Global series Making a Murderer, and Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, whose case was profiled in the documentary West of Memphis.
On her CV, Nirider says: "My responsibilities include representing wrongfully convicted youth, co-teaching a clinical course on wrongful convictions of youth, and directing the Center’s mission and work. "Both my courtroom work and classroom work focus on police interrogations and confessions.
"I maintain an ongoing caseload of post-conviction cases involving individuals who were convicted as children or adolescents. The majority of my clients’ cases involve confessions."
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Lyrics to the song that was inspired by the interview:
YOU KNOW THEY LIE
Don't say a word
You know they lie
The system is blurred
And so we fight
So don't say a word
You know they lie
They pulled it out of you
A story with no truth
over your head
They get up in your face
Tell you you'll be safe
If you say what they said
Don't say a word
You know they lie
The family get hurt
And so we fight
No shred of evidence
Victim of circumstance
Put you away
How do they sleep at night
Knowing it's not right
They know that they made you say
Don't say a word
You know they lie
Their power is earned
And so we fight
No alibi so they say what they like
Confuse, distort and deceive
See it's the law using their last straw
Tell me who they gonna believe
Don't say a word
You know they lie
What have we learned
You know they lie
Just like a bad dream
You know they lie
Millions have seen
You know they lie
A life locked away
You know they lie
We hope and we pray