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Terrill Swift at his home in Lisle on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Swift was exonerated for a murder and sexual assault he did not commit, yet his mugshot continues to appear on several websites portraying him as a criminal, including mugshots.com. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Illinois becomes first state to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations
CHICAGO Police will be forbidden from using deceptive tactics while interrogating minors under a measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday, making Illinois the first state in the nation to ban the practice.
Advocates of the new law say lying or using other means of deception while questioning a young person in police custody can lead to false confessions and ultimately wrongful convictions. That’s what Terrill Swift, who spent nearly 15 years in prison after falsely confessing to a 1994 rape and murder, says happened to him. DNA evidence later tied the crime to a previously
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