UpdatedThu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:53 am CT
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The inside of a jail cell. (Maya Kaufman/Patch)
ILLINOIS — The state is on track to become the first in the nation to stop police from using lying as a tactic to interrogate minors. The bill, which is awaiting approval on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk, states that using deceptive measures in interrogations often illicits false confessions.
While police are allowed to knowingly state false facts about evidence and make unsubstantiated promises about deals when interrogating someone under 18, this bill would be the first of its kind to throw out any confession in which a police officer knowingly engages in deception with a minor.