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    Illinois court panel breaks new ground in condemning police deceptions

    By Mari Cohen and Jeanne Kuang | April 13, 2018

    An Illinois Appellate Court panel opinion this week condemned police deception in interrogations not only for the risk of wrongful convictions, but for the breach of community trust. “I have never seen such a statement before in a court case,” one expert said.

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    Controversial criminal interrogation technique under fire

    By Krista Johnson (Iowa Watch) | July 12, 2017

    Dorothy Varallo-Speckeen pleaded guilty to and served time for misdemeanor battery causing bodily harm to a child she babysat, but says she felt coerced into admitting a crime she says she didn’t commit.

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    Supporters and family of a man serving a 76-year sentence for murder based on testimony from an eyewitness the judge did not know was legally blind called on State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office to overturn his conviction at a press conference Monday.

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