Mandatory Electronic Recording of Interrogations
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WI: "For the Record: Law Requires Officers to Tape Interviews With Suspected Felons "--River Falls Journal, January 19, 2007
National: "Recorded Interrogations Level the Playing Field, Despite Initial Fears"--Lawyers Weekly, April 2, 2007
RI: "Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Use of Untaped Confessions"--Journal State House Bureau, March 30, 2007
VA: "For the Record: Law Requires Officers to Tape Interviews With Suspected Felons,"--River Falls Journal, Jan. 19, 2007
National: "True confessions / The Karr Case Shines a Light on a Bigger Problem"--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 5, 2006
CA: "Vetoed Bills Aimed at Reducing False Convictions to Be Reintroduced,"--Los Angeles Times, Oct. 3, 2006
Report of Vermont's Eyewitness Identification and Custodial Interrogation Study Committee In 2007, the Vermont State Legislature created the Eyewitness Identification and Custodial Interrogations Study Committee as part of a major crime bill. The committee's charge, extensive list of reviewed materials, and recommended procedures for both the recording of custodial interrogations and eywitness identification (photo and live line-ups) are included in the report.