What are the consequences of coerced confessions?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Cabrera, CASE NO. 11cr4518 - IEG (S.D. Cal. 2012):
"Involuntary or coerced confessions are inadmissible at trial because their admission is a violation of a defendant's right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment." Brown v.
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