Should Lawyers Be There When Cops Question Kids?
Aug 13, 2009, WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public Radio
If you’ve lived around Chicago for more than ten years, and you hear someone talking about police interrogation of children, you probably think of the Ryan Harris case. Ryan Harris was 11 when she was molested and murdered. Two boys, ages 7 and 8, allegedly confessed to the crime, but they had no attorneys or parents with them when they did. Later, when it was proven to be a false confession, charges against the boys were dropped. The laws in Illinois governing juvenile interrogation have…
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- Issues
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Juvenile indigent defense
, Racial-ethnic fairness/DMC
- States
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Illinois
- Action networks
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DMC Action Network
, Indigent Defense Action Network