Illinois becomes first state to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations amid ongoing criminal justice overhaul under Pritzker
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Police will be forbidden from using deceptive tactics while interrogating minors under a measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday that made Illinois the first state in the nation to ban …
  • LibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 years ago

    …this is one of those news articles you read and have to do a double-take. Like, this wasn’t already a law???

    That’s what Terrill Swift, who spent nearly 15 years in prison after falsely confessing to a 1994 rape and murder, says happened to him. DNA evidence later tied the crime to a previously convicted murderer and sex offender.

    Jesus Christ.