tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5507985811738642854..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Strange debate on recording interrogationsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82762749977624689542009-04-24T06:14:00.000-05:002009-04-24T06:14:00.000-05:00If the bill does not exclude evidence that is not ...<B>If</B> the bill does not exclude evidence that is not recorded, whether by machine error, human error, or whatever, then I wouldn't have a problem with a bill that basically just suggests that interrogations be recorded.TxBluesManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008395777633969757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57308819733540664652009-04-22T21:00:00.000-05:002009-04-22T21:00:00.000-05:00can't imagine anyone more stupid than these senato...can't imagine anyone more stupid than these senators from Houston. As a voting Houstonian I'll remember the idiocy at election time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62317276243134058112009-04-22T18:32:00.000-05:002009-04-22T18:32:00.000-05:00Perhaps what you're missing is that the TX Senate ...Perhaps what you're missing is that the TX Senate is a very conservative body and that's the best Sen. Ellis could get through the process. His original bill would have applied the exclusionary rule, but the post-compromise bill more modestly aims to change police practices instead of giving attorneys more tools in court.<br /><br />Rep. Farrar's version in the House is a compromise between those extremes, requiring agencies to have a policy on recording interrogations and giving a jury instruction if it's not done (with a list of reasonableness/res gestae exceptions). Neither version of the bill would exclude non-recorded interrogation info from court. At the moment, it's just not politically possible in the current environment.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13140834152592887542009-04-22T17:58:00.000-05:002009-04-22T17:58:00.000-05:00I feel like I'm missing something. How does this ...I feel like I'm missing something. How does this measure help if the confession/statement is admissible whether they record the interrogation or not?123txpublicdefender123https://www.blogger.com/profile/16074278445586583355noreply@blogger.com