Sunday, July 17, 2005

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules that Juvenile interviews must be recorded

Assistant Public Defender Paul Merkle calls it the most significant thing that has happened in the juvenile justice system in the past 20 years. The Supreme Court has ruled that interviews with juveniles younger than 17 must be either videotaped or audio taped. The Janesville Gazette has a nice article about this by Sid Schwartz titled "Court Ruling changes way juveniles are interviewed". Click on the post for the entire article.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:15 PM

    I think this is long overdue. I can not believe the way police are allowed to lie and bully kids into saying what they want to hear. The next thing we need to see is it being mandatory that parents be present when they are interviewed like other states. The kids need to be protected.

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  2. Anonymous6:52 PM

    My brother in law is a detective and my sister a lawyer, I agree with post 1. The kids do need to be protected. Because sometimes not always law enforcement crosses the line more than just a little

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