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Old 10-11-2010, 09:22 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by transplant99 View Post

The whole thing smacks of a blanket of protection for police should they use force or coercion in trying to gain a confession. I cant think of one other reason why this law would exist.
Protections remain in the existing law against such things. From the majority in the companion decision of McCrimmon:

...the better approach is to continue to deal with claims of subjective incapacity or intimidation under the confessions rule.
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