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Which of the following tends to decrease the likelihood of a coerced or false confession?
 
  a. an investigator assuming a disinterested role rather than an adversarial one
  b. an investigator keeping a suspect isolated from other people
  c. an investigator exposing a suspect to loud noises or bright lights
  d. an investigator making false or deceptive promises

Question 2

In the New York 1989 Central Park Jogger case, the convictions of the defendants were vacated because
 
  a. witnesses supplied inaccurate information
  b. the victim's eyewitness report was tainted
  c. the defendants' confessions were false
  d. the police planted incriminating evidence



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C



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