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moongchi

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Which of the following conditions would NOT constitute a coercive state action but would be strongly presumptive of forcing an involuntary confession?
 
  a. Denying food and drink for 24 hours.
  b. Conducting an interrogation in a secluded warehouse.
  c. Questioning a suspect for 48 hours with no interruption.
  d. Using profanity in an interrogation protocol.

Question 2

In the 1936 Supreme Court case Brown v. Mississippi, involving the beating and torture of three black suspects to obtain a confession. What were the findings of the Court?
 
  a. The Supreme Court declined to review a confession case from a state court.
  b. The Supreme Court relied upon the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause as well as held that forcedconfession were not admissible as evidence.
 c. The Supreme Court held that forced confessions were admissible as evidence.
  d. The Supreme Court relied upon the Fifth Amendment self incrimination clause.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b





 

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