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Administrative/Regulatory

Jul. 26, 2006

State Panel Recommends Law Requiring Recording of Police Interrogations

LOS ANGELES - Concerned that false confessions are putting innocent people behind bars, a blue ribbon commission recommended Tuesday that a state law be adopted requiring police officers to electronically record interrogations with serious felony suspects in custody.

By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Concerned that false confessions are putting innocent people behind bars, a blue ribbon commission recommended Tuesday that a state law be adopted requiring police officers to electronically record interrogations with serious felony suspects in custody.
      Such a law would be one of the most comprehensive in the nation related to custodial inter...

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