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November 21, 2008
Court overturns ‘91 murder conviction of AZ teen; 8-yr-old’s interrogation is similar
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Carol J. Williams
The Los Angeles Times 

A federal appeals court Thursday threw out the conviction of an Arizona man in the 1991 killings of nine worshipers at a Buddhist temple, ruling that police had coerced the then-17-year-old’s confession by interrogating him for 12 hours without a lawyer or supportive adult present.

The decision could signal that Arizona authorities might face judicial censure for their treatment of an 8-year-old boy charged with two counts of murder earlier this month. The boy was subjected to interrogation with neither an attorney nor a relative at the videotaped session.

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Bev   November 21st, 2008 10:58 am ET

Sounds like the “old west” mentality is still there in some states out west. It’s still mind-boggling to me how police could interrogate a child for such a long period of time without an adult present.

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