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99 Iowa L. Rev. Bull. 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.journals/iowalrb5 and id is 1 raw text is: Watching the Detectives: Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations in Iowa Brian R. Farrell & Sara K. Farrel** I. W HY R ECO RD ? .......................................................................................... 2 A. UNDERSTANDING FALSE CONFESSIONS ................................................. 2 B. RECORDING AS A TOOL TO PREVENT WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS ............... 5 C. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF RECORDING ................................................... 6 D. RECORDING REQUIREMAENTS NATIONALLY .......................................... 7 II. ELECTRONIC RECORDING IN IOWA .......................................................... 8 A . STATE V. H AJTIC ................................................................................. 8 B. REACTION TO H AJTIC ........................................................................ 10 C. OTHER DEVELOPMAENTS SINCE HAJTIC ................................................ 12 1. Survey of Law Enforcement Practices and Policies ............... 12 2. The U niform A ct .................................................................. 14 3. State v. M adsen ........................................................................... 14 D . THE R OAD AHEAD ............................................................................ 15 In late 2oo6, the Iowa Supreme Court issued its opinion in State v. Hajtic that encouraged the electronic recording of custodial interrogations.1 While some read the court's statement as a mandate, others have not viewed it as such. Subsequent efforts to clarify a responsibility to record via the legislative process yielded no results. Although the court reiterated its encouragement in a recent case,2 it has not yet explicitly required recording or delineated the scope of any requirement. As a result, the recording of interrogations remains an unsettled area in Iowa state law, * Lecturer in Law and Human Rights, Director, Citizen Lawyer Program, and Assistant Director, Center for Human Rights, The University of Iowa College of Law; B.A., St. Ambrose University; J.D., The University of Iowa College of Law; LL.M. & Ph.D., Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway. The author is a member of and former legislative subcommittee chair of the Iowa State Bar Association Criminal Law Section Council. ** Associate Professor of Psychology, Coe College. B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University. The authors wish to acknowledge Darrel Parker for providing inspiration to write this Essay. 1. State v. Hajtic, 724 N.W.2d 449, 456 (Iowa 2oo6). 2. SeeState v. Madsen, 813 N.W.2d 714, 721 (Iowa 2o12).

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