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> John Kogut, a Long Island man who after an 18-hour interrogation falsely confessed

How is this not considered torture? How is the confession of a sleep deprived and hence mentally impaired man even valid? Why are the feral cops who interrogated him not in jail for crimes against humanity?

On the other hand, why don't they go a step further? Sharp tools, electricity, hallucinogenic drugs, etc. would go a long way towards getting a confession sooner.

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In that specific case, the police did not consider the confession by itself to be enough to falsely convict Mr Kogut and his two friends.

So the police took a hair from the victim, put it in an evidence bag, and testified under oath that the hair had been found in the defendants' van.

It looks like the innocent men were released in 2003, and have had to wait 15+ years for compensation.

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/fusco-restivo-hal...

But hey, it shows that the criminal justice system works!

>On the other hand, why don't they go a step further? Sharp tools, electricity, hallucinogenic drugs, etc. would go a long way towards getting a confession sooner.

Chicago[0] beat you to that idea, my friend.

[0] - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/homan-square

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