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Mentally Impaired Suspect and an Involuntary Confession  


Author:  Fred  Cohen .


Source: Volume 16, Number 06, March/April 2015 , pp.89-90(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

Skilled officers employ three successful techniques to acquire a confession from Tymond Preston, an intellectually disabled 18 year old, later found involuntary and therefore inadmissible.

Keywords: U.S. v. Preston, 751 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc); Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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