Re:Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recomme...
by autoexec on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:21PM
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> You have a right to know exactly where you're fitting into an investigation, if you're the subject or a witness (and your role cannot change
The end result of that would logically have to be that everyone police talk to at all times are a "subject" because it's perfectly reasonable that someone who is questioned about what they know about a crime might end up having had some part in it.
Re:Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recomme...
by maerF0x0 on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:12PM
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Yes. And if the police are not allowed to be deceptive about your role in the investigation, then it becomes clear what you should to in response. (STFU, essentially).
The end result of that would logically have to be that everyone police talk to at all times are a "subject" because it's perfectly reasonable that someone who is questioned about what they know about a crime might end up having had some part in it.