States tell police to turn on the camera

[LSK]

Wednesday, May 04, 2005
States tell police to turn on the camera

With a July deadline looming, law enforcement officials throughout Illinois are scrambling to comply with a new state law that requires police to record their in-house interrogations with suspected killers.

The law, the first of its kind nationally, was shepherded through the Illinois Statehouse two years ago by then state Sen. Barack Obama (D). Since then, the Illinois initiative has spurred lawmakers in Maine, New Mexico and the District of Columbia to pass similar mandates, efforts that build on comparable court-ordered regulations in Minnesota and Alaska.

This year, at least 15 states have considered related measures. Recently, lawmakers in Wisconsin pledged a similar bill in the wake of a disputed interrogation that contributed to the dismissal of a homicide case against a former police officer.

http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=29455

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1. In other news:

Confessions plummet.

[LSK]

2. these kind?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=4309643&page=1

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=police+beat+up+woman&btnG=Google+Search

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3. Why was she standing on a ladder before she fell?

Weird.

[JimGinPA]

4. That Was Funny

:rofl: