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ILLINOIS·DEATH PENALTY·JULY 17, 2003·1 MIN READ

Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment,...

Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment, signs death-penalty reform -- Police must now tape all statements of murder suspects. Police departments have 2 years to begin recording interrogations and confessions in murder cases under a death-penal

Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment, signs death-penalty reform -- Police must now tape all statements of murder suspects. Police departments have 2 years to begin recording interrogations and confessions in murder cases under a death-penalty reform measure that Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed Thursday. Illinois becomes the 1st state to obligate police by statute to tape-record or videotape the statements of murder suspects, officials said. The law is designed to dispel doubts that written or oral confessions are tortured or coerced out of detainees.
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  • (Sources: Copley News Service)