After hours of interrogation in 1995, police in Chicago told 17-year-old Terrill Swift he could go home if he admitted being present at the scene of a rape and murder. He went…
(Newser) – After hours of interrogation in 1995, police in Chicago told 17-year-old Terrill Swift he could go home if he admitted being present at the scene of a rape and murder. He went home 17 years later after he was exonerated by DNA evidence. Illinois has now become the first state in the nation to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations, NPR reports. Under a bill signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday, police will no longer be allowed to use common interrogation tactics like falsely telling minors that they can go home if they confess or falsely claiming incriminating evidence exists.
