Videotaped confessions can create bias against suspect, study finds

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This video still from a mock interrogation focuses on the suspect. Courtesy of Daniel Lassiter
This video still from a mock interrogation focuses on the suspect. Courtesy of Daniel Lassiter

Police often videotape interrogations of suspects for use in criminal trials. Video confessions that focus exclusively on the suspect, however, can bias judges and law enforcement officers to consider the suspect’s statements as voluntary, according to a new Ohio University study.


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