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title: "People can be convinced they committed a non-existant crime in just 3…"
date: 2016-01-20
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# People can be convinced they committed a non-existant crime in just 3…

*January 20, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://www.sciencealert.com/people-can-be-convinced-they-committed-a-non-existant-crime-in-just-three-hours](http://www.sciencealert.com/people-can-be-convinced-they-committed-a-non-existant-crime-in-just-three-hours){target="_blank"}
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People can be convinced they committed a non-existant crime in just 3 hours\...\
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New research has shown that over the course of just a few hours, innocent adults can be convinced that they committed a crime in their teenage years - some as serious as assault with a weapon - even if that crime was completely made up.\
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[http://www.sciencealert.com/people-can-be-convinced-they-committed-a-non-existant-crime-in-just-three-hours](http://www.sciencealert.com/people-can-be-convinced-they-committed-a-non-existant-crime-in-just-three-hours){target="_blank"}
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