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Recording Interrogations

Recording Interrogations. Kevin Steele District Attorney Montgomery County. Montgomery County. Videotaping homicide confessions since 2012 Approximately 70% of cases involve confession or partial confession Under 20% agree to videotaping. Policy. Q&A Interview and Written Statement

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Recording Interrogations

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  1. Recording Interrogations Kevin Steele District Attorney Montgomery County

  2. Montgomery County Videotaping homicide confessions since 2012 Approximately 70% of cases involve confession or partial confession Under 20% agree to videotaping

  3. Policy Q&A Interview and Written Statement Constitutional Rights Waiver Chapter 57 – Wiretap Law • Consent/Non Consent to Videotape Only one suspect interviewed at a time

  4. Policy All persons in interview room in camera Videotape: no interruptions Memory card copied to disk and placed into evidence Documentation of Interview in Written Report

  5. Interview Room Set Up Demonstrative Weapons • Retractable Knives • Revolver or Semi-Automatic Pistol with Firing Pins Removed Demonstration of Action • Dolls • Detectives

  6. Video Interview Format Announce Who is in the Room Review Forms/Statement • Allow suspect to adopt forms Overview of What Occurred Demonstration

  7. Positives of Videotaping See and Hear Defendant Demonstration of how murder was committed using detective/doll Shows defendant’s comfort with weapon

  8. Issues Storage of media Location for interview–typically interviews done “in field” PA Crimes Code §4904: Unsworn Falsification to Authorities • Written False Statements

  9. Issues Storage of media Location for interview–typically interviews done “in field” PA Crimes Code §4904: Unsworn Falsification to Authorities • Written False Statements

  10. PA Innocence Project Initiative Met with The PA Innocence Project re homicide interviewing Subsequent training with Andy & Jacqui Griffith re cognitive interview styles as conducted in England

  11. Questions?

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