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The Fall Of The Confession Era, Kenworthey Bilz
The Fall Of The Confession Era, Kenworthey Bilz
Kenworthey Bilz
This book review-essay of Solan & Tiersma’s SPEAKING OF CRIME argues that with the advent of new technologies such as improvements in DNA identification, fMRI ‘lie detector’ tests, and the like, courts will rely less and less on confessions altogether, rendering obsolete much of the doctrine that currently surrounds linguistic interpretation (and other markers) of consent and coercion.