What is the current state of the law on "pressure and cajole" and "actively mislead" interviewees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Booker, Case No.: 3:18-cr-02611-GPC (S.D. Cal. 2019):
The law permits the police to pressure and cajole, conceal material facts, and actively mislead interviewees. United States v. Rutledge, 900 F.2d 1127, 1130-31 (7th Cir.1990). A confession must be excluded only "if the government feeds the defendant false information that seriously distorts his choice, [for example] by promising him that if
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