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State Supreme Court Upholds Use of 'Off the Record' Remarks to Police
Submitted by Michael Kleen on Fri, 2011-07-22 01:00
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Although a police officer coaxed a suspected arsonist into making incriminating statements by promising that his remarks were “off the record,” the state Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that the statements were given voluntarily and are, therefore, admissible in court.
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Most of the time I spent in court I spent wondering why the judges even botrher to show up. The prosecutors run the courts and the police run the prosecutors. Seriously, is there anything the cops CAN'T do?