interrogation
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10th Circuit denies immunity to Denver detectives who coerced teenager’s false murder confession
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Four Denver law enforcement officers may be sued for the coerced confession of a cognitively-impaired 14-year-old boy, resulting in false information that led to his wrongful conviction for murder, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Friday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld a strongly-worded…
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Appeals court overturns Jeffco murder conviction after interrogators failed to clarify Miranda rights
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A man who shot his victim multiple times allegedly based on hallucinations will receive a new trial because the state’s second-highest court found Jefferson County law enforcement misled him about the constitutional right to an attorney prior to his confession. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals reviewed the video from Erik Jamal Newton’s…
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House kills bill to ban law enforcement from lying to minors
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In the last act of the 2022 legislative session, the state House Wednesday killed a bill to prohibit law enforcement from lying while interrogating suspects younger than 18. The House sponsors of Senate Bill 23 chose to shut the bill down without opposition less than an hour before the legislature’s midnight deadline to conclude operations. The decision came…
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Senate narrowly OKs bill banning law enforcement from deceiving juveniles
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Legislation passed by the Colorado Senate would prohibit law enforcement officials from using deceptive tactics while interrogating suspects younger than 18. The Senate narrowly gave its approval to Senate Bill 23 Thursday in an 18-16 vote that largely fell along party lines. Republican senators voted in opposition while Democrats backed the bill, with one exception: Sen.…
