The Bill of Rights consists of ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing “the people” additional rights against oppression from a central government. Some of these rights provide protection to individuals during a custodial interrogation.
Read Chapter 17 titled, Legal Considerations in the ebook, Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques, pages 247-253, and locate one to two academic sources for this assignment.
Write a two to three paragraph (8 to 12 sentences) research paper explaining the following:
How do the identified amendments protect individuals during a custodial interrogation?
What is law enforcement’s responsibility when conducting custodial interrogations?
What are the legal repercussions if officers violate citizens’ constitutional rights during custodial interrogations? Answering this question will require you to locate sources other than your assigned textbook and ebook. You will need to explain how obtaining a confession or statement from a suspect subsequent to violating his/her constitutional rights directly impacts not only the individual, but also the interrogating officer(s), legal system during a trial, and/or our society.