In the 1936 Supreme Court case Brown v. Mississippi, involving the beating and torture of three black suspects to obtain a confession. What were the findings of the Court?

a. The Supreme Court declined to review a confession case from a state court.
b. The Supreme Court relied upon the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause as well as held that forcedconfession were not admissible as

evidence.
c. The Supreme Court held that forced confessions were admissible as evidence.
d. The Supreme Court relied upon the Fifth Amendment self incrimination clause.


b

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