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    believe deception or lying by law enforcement is a justifiable interrogation technique. With that being said, caution should be taken when the decision to utilize such a technique as to prevent violating someone’s rights and prevention of any confessions being ruled coerced by the courts. In American history, police regularly used brutality to obtain information from a suspect (Skolnick & Leo, 1992). Due to things such as the Wickersham report from the 1920’s, changes in law, and…

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    Eyewitness testimony is being able to choose the suspect out of a lineup or an array of photos. Sometimes the witnesses' testimony is not always accurate. When a witness falsely testifies they can send an innocent person to prison. An example of a case where the eyewitness testimony was incorrect was in the murder of 78-year-old Jack Sasson. The man who was convicted of the murder of Mr. Sasson was 18-year-old Kash Register. On April 6, 1979 in the middle of the afternoon, a 78-year-old…

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    Reid Interview Technique and the PEACE Model Dominic Wood Police Foundations Interview and investigations Amy Bjerkens October 03 2017 Comparing Reid Interviewing technique and the PEACE model While the Reid model aims at obtaining a confession from the witness or suspect, the PEACE Model aims at getting the information that will help in determining the guiltiness or the innocence of the subject. Whereas the Reid model is interrogator-based and follows what is dictated by nature and…

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    actively coerced. Unfortunately, false confession happens more than one would think. About 20-25% of DNA exonerations were convicted under a false confession…

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    507: Confessions Kim Possible – Rhetorical Analysis Saul Elbien, the rhetor to “507: Confessions – Kim Possible” podcast published from Chicago Public Media on October eleventh, 2013, address a unique situation sometimes present in criminal investigations, false confessions. Elbien starts off his podcast by describing a crime scene: a man found dead by the Anacostia River, bound and beaten to death, with only his credit cards missing. (“507: Confessions”) Elbien then introduces the audience to…

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    John Proctor that he should not sacrifice himself for his beliefs. Elizabeth denies his request and believes no one should ever give a false confession. No man should ever give a false confession because it is a sin, that person will always live with guilt, and it will eventually lead to even more chaos later on in their life. Anyone who states a false confession will live with guilt of lying for the rest of their lives. Proctor does not want to lie to himself anymore and live with even more…

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    Wrongful Convictions: Why Do They Occur Introduction Never has a criminal justice system of the United States been fair and flawless. Ever since the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution granted protection of freedom for innocent, and restricted the freedom for criminals. But not all criminals have been punished, and not all innocent remained free. This problem still exists in the modern days, and in some ways, it is even worse than it used to be. Wrongful convictions are causing…

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    technique along with the false confession cases was that the detectives appear to be trained to enter an interrogation under the assumption that the person in question is guilty. The detective's job is to get a confession-- not actually question the subject and gather information. This technique is in absolute contrast to what directly follows in our court system: "everyone is innocent until proven guilty." If you've already essentially been "proven" guilty by providing a confession, then the…

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    create a false confession to witchcraft. It was important to the judges that Proctor created the false confession. Reverend Hale believes God would be more forgiving to Proctor for lying; however, Goody Proctor believes the Devil may say the same thing. If John agrees to composing the false confession, he subjects his further kin to ridicule and shame, and loses his one and only honest piece of what will be left. It was important to Hale and the judges that Proctor created the false…

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    how big of an effect the Act has of the reduction of false confessions, it has at the very least reduced the use of abusive tactics within the interrogation room. The argument is however, that these tactics have just been moved outside the interrogation room. I think it can also be argued that the Pace Act opened the door for videotaping of interrogations within this country. 2. 25% 3. Confessions save time by avoiding trials because confessions usually lead to guilty pleas. Also, if there…

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