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Proposals to ban deceptive interrogation tactics and require recordings draw broad support
Summary
At a Judiciary Committee hearing, exonerees, defense lawyers and police practices experts urged banning deceptive tactics in interrogations and recording custodial questioning to reduce false confessions and wrongful convictions.
A bipartisan group of advocates, exonerees and law enforcement consultants urged the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to pass bills that would prohibit deceptive interrogation tactics and require audio‑video recording of custodial interrogations, arguing those measures reduce false confessions and wrongful convictions.
Why it matters: Testimony cited decades of research and high‑profile wrongful‑conviction cases in Massachusetts and nationally; supporters said recording and banning deception would protect innocent people and improve investigative reliability.
The hearing brought together former defendants who say they falsely confessed, public defenders, innocence‑advocacy groups, and law enforcement trainers. Jeff Richards of the Committee for…
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