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What if wrongful convictions based on police officers lying in interrogations penalized the police officer doing interrogations? Do you think the interrogators
by Aerroon 5y ago
What if wrongful convictions based on police officers lying in interrogations penalized the police officer doing interrogations? Do you think the interrogators would still continue using these methods?
Eg the police officer that interrogated Terrill Swift will now be held criminally responsible for inducing a false confession.
- pseudo0 5y agoI think better rules on what quality of confessions police and prosecutors take into consideration would probably be sufficient. Eg. if the suspect says "okay, fine, I did it" after hours of interrogation but cannot describe what the victim looked like, what weapon they used, where they hid it afterwards, etc, that confession should be considered near-worthless. The real issue isn't inducing the false confession, it's assigning it such a high evidentiary value and presenting it to a jury out of context.