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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2013

Partner Fired At Suspect Who Killed Miss. Detective

The partner of a Jackson (Miss.) Police detective fired a round at the murder suspect who killed Det. Eric Smith in a third-floor interrogation room earlier this month.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2013

Video Shows Fatal Assault on Miss. Detective

Interrogation room surveillance video captured the killing of a Jackson (Miss.) Police detective by a murder suspect, as more details emerged about the line-of-duty death.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2013

Ariz. Death Row Inmate's Conviction Overturned

A federal appeals court has overturned a death sentence for an Arizona woman who arranged to have her 4-year-old son murdered, because a Phoenix Police detective failed to honor her Miranda rights.

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Inside the Badge by Wes ClarkJanuary 25, 2013

How To Score Confessions Like Touchdowns

As professionals in law enforcement, we have to raise our game and consistently seek out training throughout our careers to keep improving our skill level and effectiveness at conducting interviews and interrogations.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 10, 2012

Report: Chicago Is False Confession Capital

News magazine "60 Minutes" labeled Chicago the "false confession capital" of the United States Sunday in a segment featuring several men who claimed they were coerced by police detectives into signing confessions for crimes they didn't commit.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2012

SCOTUS: Miranda Warning Not Required for Inmate Questioned About Other Crime

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Michigan inmate who contended he should have received a Miranda warning before being interrogated in a prison conference room about sexual conduct with a 12-year-old boy.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2010

Oklahoma Cop Shooting Suspects Accidentally Confess On Camera

Video surveillance cameras captured three arrestees discussing their ambush of Oklahoma City PD's Katie Lawson in Spanish in an interrogation room, while being recorded by cameras and watched by a bilingual detective.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarAugust 3, 2010

Ask the Right Questions the Right Way

The Mexican Mafia informant was making me nervous. He was in top physical condition and we were unarmed and in a very isolated part of the Men's Central Jail. Fifty-some year olds, like Frank and I, would have had our hands full fighting with this witness had he decided to fight.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 27, 2010

Chicago Police Torture Trial Opens

The federal trial of a former Chicago police supervisor began with an initial day of testimony that included allegations that he played Russian roulette with a suspect and used plastic bags and an electrical device to force a murder confession.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2010

Supreme Court Validates Tampa PD's Miranda Warning

Kevin Dewayne Powell, who was arrested in August 2004 on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, informed officers he possessed a handgun, after police recited their standard Miranda warning to him.

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