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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.1136 194th (Current)

An Act preventing false confessions

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1136) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Joanne M. Comerford and Adam Gomez relative to preventing false confessions. The Judiciary.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Patricia D. Jehlen
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
This legislation would prohibit law enforcement officials from using deceptive tactics during interrogations, which have been known to coerce false confessions or unreliable incriminating statements. It would also require officers to record custodial interrogations, a recommendation handed down by the Supreme Judicial Court in 2004 in Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista, and something many jurisdictions already implement.
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