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Re: The New York Times Story on False Confessions (The Real Reason the FBI Won't Record Interrogations)

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Back when the legal blogsophere was a magical place (the early days of the blogosphere really were something special), the excellent Appellate Law & Practice pointed out why FBI agents do not record confessions. This is straight from the United State Department of Justice's mouth: "Perfectly lawful and acceptable interviewing techniques do not always come across in recorded fashion to lay persons as proper means of obtaining information from defendants." If I were the type of person to have an e-mail signature, this would be it: "Perfectly lawful and acceptable interviewing techniques do not always come across in recorded fashion to lay persons as proper means of obtaining information from defendants." Whenever some hack claim there is a logical reason for not recording confessions, repeat after DOJ: "Perfectly lawful and acceptable interviewing techniques do not always come across in recorded fashion to lay persons as proper means of obtaining information from defendants...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 15, 2010 (boomark / email).