jraeyre wrote:
If that is the case, then I could agree with this list, but I oppose them being added to the Bill of Rights.  I certainly support them being introduced as laws or rules as they would all fit with the intention of the Bill of Rights we already have.


Jra

They largely match the Bill of Rights, but they do go further.

For instance, the LEO bill of rights prohibits keeping them under interrogation for lengthy periods.  That's a common feature in false confessions- a long time spent being questioned by investigators.  The longer an interrogation goes on, the more likely a false confession might occur.  A case I read about not too long ago involved a father whose infant daughter had died.  After nine hours of questioning and being told the autopsy showed he'd murdered her, he confessed.  The autopsy showed the child had died of "natural causes," not through any human agency, however.  They took a man who had just lost his child and subjected him to nine hours of mental abuse.  In order to get a confession.

Had he been a cop and this LEO bill of rights was enforced where he worked, that wouldn't have been possible.

It just makes me wonder:  if this is what LEO's think is necessary to be fair and just when investigating LEO's, why not have it for the rest of us?

“Nobody has a legitimate reason to fear a faithful interpretation of the Constitution, and nobody has any legitimate reason to fear effective and complete protection of civil rights." - Alan Gura