Videotaping interrogations of suspects

a. is illegal in the United States.
b. can help identify and prevent false confessions, but it makes a big difference who the camera is focused on.
c. can help identify and prevent false confessions, but it makes a big difference whether or not the police officers know they are being recorded.
d. is what helped authorities in the Central Park jogger case figure out that they wrong people had been convicted of the crime.


Answer: B

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