Police Interrogation-Gary Gauger

Gary Gauger-Crimimal case

Gary conveyed that he hadn't admitted guilt, but had made in conjectures after policemen convinced him that he could have engaged in the homicides while an According to him, the cops convinced him into speculate how the crime could have revealed, falsely stating he hadn't passed a lie detector test and bloody apparel had been discovered in his room. In reality, none of this was true - there was no evidence of any blood, effectively due to Gary's state of extreme fatigue. Gary's questioning extended beyond 18 hours.

Well in the case about the Gaugers, how false confessions came into affect is when Gary was pressured into giving an false answer to the police officers in order to "give them what they wanted".In the article it states, "According to Gary, he didn’t confess, but made hypothetical claims after officers told him he “could have done it” during an alcoholic blackout. “They made me think about how I might have done it,” Gary said. “They told me I didn’t pass a polygraph, and they said they found blood-stained clothes in my room.” Neither of those things were true — no blood-stained clothes were found, and the polygrapher said he couldn’t get a reading because Gary was so exhausted"(12).

How did this case give false confessions, psychological factors and vulnerable populations???

In 1994, Gary Gauger was wrongfully convicted and

sentenced to death for the murder of his parents on

their Illinois farm. No physical evidence linked Gary

to the crime,in 2002 the case was over thrown and later he was relased.

Gary Gauger

The informant, wearing a wire, recorded gang members conversing about the murder of the Gaugers, with gang member Randy Miller asserting that "no one knows about it, I'm not worried about it, there's no physical evidence from me there, there's none." It was later revealed that the gang had attempted to rob the Gaugers due to their reputation in the community for mistrusting banks and having large amounts of cash stored in the house. Miller, along with another gang member, James Schneider, was convicted in federal court for racketeering offenses in which the two murders were the predicate acts.

 The prosecution in Gary’s case had been given

evidence of Miller and Schneider’s involvement in the

murder in November 1995.

Why do people give false confessions, psychological factors and vulnerable populations?

The concept that a person could dishonestly admit to serious offenses is often challenging to comprehend for many individuals. Nonetheless, the fact that people do give incorrect confessions is clearly documented. Such situations have led to inaccurate judgments and the unjust imprisonment of blameless individuals.

How recordings have worked???

There are three ways in which policies requiring

electronic recording of custodial interrogations can be

adopted — through court mandate, legislation, or

individual police department policy. While all three

methods have yielded success, implementation

through legislation is preferable because it ensures

uniformity and comprehensive guidance on such

important questions as when and where recordings are

required, any possible exceptions, and the consequences of failing to record.

Why should we record interrgations??

It is especially urgent to

record interrogations involving

juvenile suspects and those whom

authorities have reason to believe

are mentally retarded or mentally

ill. These populations are particularly vulnerable to interrogation

tactics and significantly more

likely to falsely confess.

Regardless, the parameters should be clearly

defined so that law enforcement officers know immediately whether recording is required in a given case. In

fact, most of the benefits of recording interrogations

can be accomplished with inexpensive audio recording

devices available at minimal cost. Interrogations not recorded for good reasons will result in the exclusion of valid confessions, and criminals will be freed on a technicality.

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