False Confessions

Lindsey

* In an internalized confession, the suspect begins to believe that he committed the crime. This can happen if the person is particularly susceptible to suggestion. It can also happen if the investigator repeats the same scenario so many times that the suspect begins to feel as though he remembers it. "

This is absolutely correct when it comes to people with a low IQ. That does not mean that, in Miskelley's case, that having an IQ of 72 or 73 that having this score makes anyone mentally challenged. But, as stated in your post, makes you open to suggestion. There are many studies out there about this that confirm this with low IQ scorers.

Even Stidham said, that after less than one hour with JR, he had him convinced that that he had robbed a convenience store that hadn't been robbed in years prior to JR's arrest to try and prove the the lack of credibility in Jr's confessions.

Unfortunately it seems that the prosecutors don't want to hear or acknowledge this.
I watched a you tube clip on Mara Leveritt about her book (devils knot) and in it she talked about communicating with everyone's kids that, if they ever find themselves in police stations to answer questions, to always ask for a lawyer or parent no matter what the subject matter.

Good advice.