The Miami-Dade Police Department, Homicide Bureau, arrested a teen as a result of an ongoing investigation into the murder of a 16-years-old male. According to investigators, the two teenagers were involved in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation. Once the altercation ended, the 16-years-old victim was walking away, when the subject produced…
GENERAL BILL by Stewart Custodial Interrogations of Minors; Providing a presumption of inadmissibility for confessions of certain minors which are made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a place of detention if deceptive tactics are used; specifying circumstances under which the presumption may be overcome; providing that the state attorney has the burden…
BILL WOULD END ‘DECEPTION’ TO OBTAIN JUVENILE SUSPECT CONFESSIONS Sen. Linda Stewart A Central Florida lawmaker is refiling a measure that would make a juvenile suspect’s confession inadmissible if police use “deception” to obtain it. Sen. Linda Stewart, D-Orlando, filed SB 890 on February 16. The measure has yet to receive committee references and there…