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> After hours of interrogation, police told one of the teenagers, Terrill Swift, that if he just confessed to being at the scene he could go home Isn't it alre
by wyldfire 5y ago
> After hours of interrogation, police told one of the teenagers, Terrill Swift, that if he just confessed to being at the scene he could go home
Isn't it already illegal to interrogate a minor without their parents? In any case, this story sounds similar to the Central Park Five / Exonerated Five.
Unfortunately, police in Chicago have committed lots of illegal acts during interrogations. I'm worried that making more things illegal may not have significant impact if they just deny lying after the fact.
- Miner49er 5y ago> Isn't it already illegal to interrogate a minor without their parents? No, it's not illegal, I don't think? Parents don't need to be present or informed. Maybe some states are slightly different and I guess it might depend on the charges.
- triceratops 5y agoThat sounds crazy to me.
- wyldfire 5y agoSome cursory searching I did revealed some state and federal guidelines to the contrary. "good faith requirement to search for the parents", e.g. CA statute requires minors taken into custody to consult with attorney prior to questioning. But there's no constitutional guarantee.
- trutannus 5y agoCanada has laws against it, so it is illegal in some places.