Ashcraft v. Tennessee

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In confession: Confession in contemporary U.S. law
In Ashcraft v. Tennessee (1944), a case in which a suspect confessed after 36 hours of continuous interrogation under the glare of bright lights, the court made it clear that intense psychological pressure, even in the absence of physical brutality, could render a confession inadmissible.
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