Illinois bans practice of lying to minors during police interrogations
Image from Alexander Oganezov / Shutterstock.com Illinois is now the only state in the country that prohibits police from lying to minors during interrogations. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday a measure that bans deceptive tactics, such as knowingly communicating false facts about evidence or promising leniency without authorization, when questioning individuals who are under the age of 18. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, also states that any oral, written or sign language confession made under these circumstances will be inadmissible in court unless prosecutors can prove “by a preponderance of the evidence that the confession was voluntarily given.”