The Case of False Confessions - SPECIAL UPDATE

📻 Episode #193
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 14, 2021

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About This Episode

Illinois, New York, and Oregon move to outlaw deception by interrogators.

The Case

Illinois, New York, and Oregon move to outlaw deception by interrogators.

Deception, of course, is a long-recognized risk factor for false confessions. The Center on Wrongful Convictions and the Innocence Project are working with stakeholders in three states that have introduced bills that would ban the use of deception in the interrogation room: Illinois, New York, and Oregon. Laura Nirider speaks with special guests: Illinois State Senator Robert Peters; Exoneree and Attorney Marty Tankleff, and Dave Thompson, President, Wicklander-Zulawski.

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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts

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00:03:01
“Speaker 2: house was unlocked, lights were on, and I walked through Speaker 2: the house and discovered my father bleeding in his office chair, Speaker 2: which is where the poker game happened the night before. Speaker 1: Unbeknownst to you and your mom was in another room Speaker 1: and had actually been bludgeoned to death herself.”

00:11:00
“Speaker 5: play and limitation and how many rights you actually have Speaker 5: or understand to have. And it's not about people's safety, Speaker 5: and it's not about trying to solve or figure out Speaker 5: the trauma that's happened. And at some point it becomes Speaker 5: purely about winning the game in which you've solved something supposedly.”

00:18:41
“Speaker 3: You know, the UK has. Speaker 4: Banned deception for decades in their interview models. Canada has Speaker 4: been moving away from it. So this is not a Speaker 4: new problem by any means. It's just finally a solution Speaker 4: to that problem. Speaker 1: It's a free, groundbreaking solution to this problem. Senator, you”

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