See MAJR’s Issue Brief: https://www.ma4jr.org/police-powers/
We'll explore how CIPA ensures children understand their rights, empowering them to refrain from speaking to law enforcement without proper legal representation. By equipping children with the knowledge and confidence to exercise these protections, CIPA aims to eliminate the need for police deception altogether.
Child Interrogation Protection Act: Fact vs. Fiction
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Event Date and time: October 22, 2024 at 6 p.m. Location: The Space at the Shops of Waldorf, 2901 Festival Way, Waldorf, MD Join us for an in-depth discussion on the Child Interrogation Protection Act...No one is served by a child’s false confession: The perpetrator of the crime remains unidentified, an innocent young person is locked up, and our communities are no safer.
Commentary: Attacks on interrogation law ignore what we know about children
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
Maryland must uphold recently enacted legal protections for children who are subject to interrogation by police, say Jessica Feierman, an attorney and senior managing director at the Juvenile Law Cent..."Besides building trust between residents and police officers, Smith said the hope is for the police boards to analyze complaints that could decrease legal action and settlements because of police misconduct."
www.marylandmatters.org
The set up of police accountability boards continue to fluctuate throughout the state with some up and running and others slowly developed.
