Stop Police Coercion of Children

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No child should be in prison because police lied. But under current Connecticut law, police are allowed, during an interrogation, to lie to children about evidence and leniency, to threaten to hurt them, and to deny their physical and mental health needs.

Right now, Connecticut legislators have the chance to pass S.B. 1071, a bill that would ban police from using deceptive interrogation tactics for anyone under 18.

Police deceptive interrogation tactics lack scientific support, frequently result in false confessions, harm wrongfully convicted people and their families and crime victims and their families, and have cost Connecticut at least $48 million because of wrongful convictions.

Youth should be safe and protected everywhere, especially when they are at their most vulnerable. That includes when a child is sitting in a police interrogation room, without parents or guardians, facing the potential lifelong harm of a criminal record and the dangerousness of police, who hold handcuffs, guns, and tasers.

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As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to support S.B. 1071, An Act Concerning Deceptive or Coercive Interrogation Tactics. This bill is about protecting children and upholding justice and safety.

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Connecticut must ban deceptive police interrogation tactics. By banning these tactics for interrogations of children, this bill is an important start.

I urge you to support S.B. 1071 and to work toward its passage.

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Stop Police Coercion of Children

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