Senate debates model interrogation policy in S 285; committee report adopted after failed amendment
The Vermont Senate extensively debated S 285, a bill directing the Law Enforcement Advisory Board and Vermont Criminal Justice Council to develop a statewide model interrogation policy. An amendment narrowing the bill to juveniles failed; the Senate adopted the committee report and ordered third reading.
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The Vermont Senate spent a large portion of its floor session debating S 285, a bill that asks the Law Enforcement Advisory Board and the Vermont Criminal Justice Council to create a statewide model policy for custodial interrogations that relies on evidence-based best practices and aims to prevent false confessions and coercive techniques.
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