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This is referenced in the above article
Only one state has this???
Shouldn’t this be a nationwide law?
And for everyone and not just minors?
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Thursday signed the nation’s first law banning law enforcement from lying and deploying other deceptive practices when interrogating minors.
The ban, which goes into effect Jan. 1, prohibits tactics like falsely promising leniency and claiming that incriminating evidence exists when it does not.
It shows the state’s recognition of the “need to change laws that have failed the people they serve,” he said.
Using deceptive tactics during interrogations is generally permitted in the United States. But the practice often leads to false confessions, experts say.
Minors, who some studies show are two to three times as likely to give a false confession as adults, are particularly vulnerable……..
Only one state has this???
Shouldn’t this be a nationwide law?
And for everyone and not just minors?
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Thursday signed the nation’s first law banning law enforcement from lying and deploying other deceptive practices when interrogating minors.
The ban, which goes into effect Jan. 1, prohibits tactics like falsely promising leniency and claiming that incriminating evidence exists when it does not.
It shows the state’s recognition of the “need to change laws that have failed the people they serve,” he said.
Using deceptive tactics during interrogations is generally permitted in the United States. But the practice often leads to false confessions, experts say.
Minors, who some studies show are two to three times as likely to give a false confession as adults, are particularly vulnerable……..