Mandatory Electronic Recording of Interrogations

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Indiana Supreme Court
"New Supreme Court Evidence Rule Favors Recording of Police Interrogations"

September 15, 2009

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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

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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.

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