The role of false confessions in Illinois wrongful murder convictions since 1970.

Summary of Illinois law mandating that statements during a custodial interrogation concerning a homicide be presumed inadmissible in court unless it is electronically recorded.

Full text of Illinois law requiring electronic recording of custodial interrogations in homicide cases.

Recording of Interrogations

Brief amicus curiae urging adoption of a per se rule in Wisconsin excluding statments obtained from minors who have asked to speak to their parents and been denied access to them. Wisconsin v. J (a minor)

Letter brief amicus curiae urging the New Jersey Court to create a rule requiring law enforcement officers to electronically record custodial interrogations of suspects in light of new understandings of the causes of false confessions and wrongful convictions. New Jersey v. Cook


Cases

Gary Gauger

Lori Roscetti

LaVale Burt

Central Park jogger

Franklin Thompson

William Heirens



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