General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 39
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 234
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 39
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 234
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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.
Statement of Purpose:
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.