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54 Conn. L. Rev. Online 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/conntemp54 and id is 1 raw text is: CONNECTICUT LAW REVIEW VOLUME 54 MAY 2022 ONLINE EDITION Note From Interrogation to Truth: The Juvenile Custodial Interrogation, False Confessions, and How We Think About Kids in Trouble DANIELLE PALMIERI False confessions are a prominent contributor to wrongful convictions. Yet law enforcement interrogation tactics, such as lying, deceit, and pressure, lead to false confessions and are practiced widely on adults and juveniles alike. This Article presents the unique psychological, cognitive, and social characteristics ofjuveniles which make them more vulnerable to law enforcement interrogation tactics and to falsely confessing. This Article dives into current protections for juveniles both in the interrogation room and in the wider criminal justice system, at the statutory and judicial levels, to explore the mechanisms that are meant to curtailfalse confessions and injustice. But they are inadequate. Instead, the law enforcementfunction should be re-conceptualized and de-centered from the juvenile interrogation experience. A community-centered approach an overall approach currently proposed for criminal justice reform should find its way into the interrogation room with juveniles, and change the language used around juvenile interrogation. Neutral specialists who are not law enforcement officials should be central in conducting interviews with juveniles, and use noncoercive practices. The goal should be to seek the truth, not a confession. This Article also proposes that state law enforcement officials be required to retain certain data about interrogation practices, such as keeping a record of how many juvenile interviews or questioning occur every year, and how many result in a confession. More transparency in the law enforcement system, in addition to reforming juvenile interrogation practices, is critical in order to implement meaningful and long-term reform. I

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