Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00039 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 39
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 234
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55 SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That title 54 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the statement of a person under investigation for or accused of a capital felony or a class A or B felony made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a place of detention shall be presumed inadmissible as evidence against the person in any criminal proceeding unless an electronic recording is made of the custodial interrogation.
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2929 To improve the reliability of confessions by providing that statements made by a person during custodial interrogation by the police at a place of detention are presumed inadmissible unless the custodial interrogation is electronically recorded.