All Articles tagged Interrogation

• Justice Commentaries
  May 28, 2019 EDT
  UNDER THE HOOD: BRENDAN DASSEY, LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS, AND JUDICIAL IGNORANCE
  Michele LaVigne

  This article analyzes the interrogations of Brendan Dassey and explains why the behavior of law enforcement in the face of Brendan’s communication deficits contributed to an involuntary, unreliable confession.

• Justice Commentaries
  October 16, 2014 EDT
  THE LIMITS OF DECEPTION: AN END TO THE USE OF LIES AND TRICKERY IN CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS TO ELICIT THE “TRUTH”?
  Dorothy Heyl

  This article argues that after People v. Thomas, police departments will need to exercise caution in conducting interrogations, and should not assume that any form of deception is permissible.

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  TAKING CONFRONTATION SERIOUSLY: DOES CRAWFORD MEAN THAT CONFESSIONS MUST BE CROSS-EXAMINED?
  Mark A. Summers

  This article focuses on the applicability of the Supreme Court‘s decision in Crawford v. Washington to one subcategory of party admissions--defendants‘ confessions--taken by police officers in the course of interrogations.

• Justice Commentaries
  March 04, 2011 EDT
  “THAN THAT ONE INNOCENT SUFFER”: EVALUATING STATE SAFEGUARDS AGAINST WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
  Robert J. NorrisCatherine L. BonventreAllison D. RedlichJames R. Acker

  This article comprehensively describes and analyzes current state policy initiatives in several areas relevant to the prevention of wrongful convictions.

• General
  May 08, 2009 EDT
  TORTURE WARRANTS AND THE RULE OF LAW
  John T. Parry

  This article explores some of the jurisprudential and theoretical stakes that the debate on torture warrants under the U.S. Constitution.