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Fri Apr 14, 2023, 07:32 AM Apr 2023

Indiana police will no longer be able to lie to children to gain confessions

https://fox59.com/indianapolitics/indiana-police-will-no-longer-be-able-to-lie-to-children-to-gain-confessions/

https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/415#document-b5e59380

Indiana police will no longer be able to lie to children to gain confessions

by: Matt Christy
Posted: Apr 12, 2023 / 01:45 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 12, 2023 / 02:05 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS — A new bill unanimously passed by Indiana Republicans and Democrats alike will prohibit cops from lying to children as part of interrogation efforts to secure confessions.

Senate Bill 415 passed through the Indiana Senate on Monday with a 48-0 vote after previously making its rounds through both the House and Senate. The bill will now be sent along to Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk where it will await being signed into law.

The new legislation states that any statement made by a juvenile during a police interrogation would be inadmissible in court if the juvenile is under the age of 18 and has been knowingly lied to by a police officer.

The legislation includes a good faith exemption if the officer believed the information was true at the time it was communicated to the juvenile.

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Indiana police will no longer be able to lie to children to gain confessions (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2023 OP
. ret5hd Apr 2023 #1
Good start, now multigraincracker Apr 2023 #2
exactly. Voltaire2 Apr 2023 #3
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