N.Y. Court Of Appeals Considers Whether Police Lies Were Coercion

[hrmjustin]

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The judges on New York’s highest court grilled prosecutors and defense lawyers Tuesday in trying to determine when police go too far in lying to suspects.

At a hearing on two appeals, the Court of Appeals focused on the point where interrogations become coercive, making the confession involuntary and inadmissible in court.

The cases involve a Troy man whose infant son died with a head injury and infection in 2008 and a New Rochelle man whose girlfriend overdosed on drugs in 2009. Each suspect was told by police that doctors needed to know what happened to save the victim, who in both cases was already dead.

Adrian Thomas, 31, was convicted of murder in his son’s death. He’s in prison, sentenced to 25 years to life.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/01/14/n-y-court-of-appeals-considers-whether-police-lies-were-coercion/

[Th1onein]

1. Pigs lie and deceive.

And kill and deceive.