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9 Admin. L. Rev. Accord 1 (2024)

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    DECEPTION IN PLACE OF EQUAL AND

       IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF

 JUSTICE: THE USE OF DECEPTION WHEN

           INTERROGATING JUVENILES


                          EMILY A. MORAN*

IN TR O D U CTIO N ...................................................................................... .  2
I.  JU V EN ILES ......................................................................................... .  8
      A.  Deception Often Used on Juveniles................................................ 9
      B.  Impact ofDeception  on Juveniles ..................................................  10
      C.  Local and State Court Administrative Rules Protecting Juveniles........ 14
II. CURRENT   DOJ  POLICIES ON  INTERROGATIONS .......................... 15
      A.  Legislative Rules v. Guiding Documents........................................ 15
      B.  Electronic Recording of Interrogations and Body-Worn Cameras........... 16
      C.  J ustice M anual ........................................................................ .  19
      D.  Interrogation Techniques and Other Deceptive Tactics Used by DO]..... 20
III. DOJ's POST-CONVICTION REVIEW FOR CONVICTIONS INVOLVING
    H AIR A NALY SIS............................................................................... .  23
      A.   Wrongful Convictions Involving Hair Analysis .............................. 23
      B.  DO]  Post-Conviction Review Process .......................................... 25
      C.  Impact on States  ..................................................................... .   26
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS .........................................................................27
      A . M em orandum ...............................................................................28
      B.  Including a New Provision in the Justice Manual........................... 30
      C.  Post-Conviction Review of Convictions Obtained Using Deceptive
           T actics .................................................................................. . .  3 1
      D .  Counterargum ents..........................................................................33



   * Emily A. Moran, J.D. Candidate, American University Washington College of Law
(2025), B.A. International Relations, Colgate University (2022). Thank you to the
Administrative Law Review staff for their valuable contributions to this piece. A special thanks to
my parents Leslie andJames Moran, and my brother Will Moran for their love and support
while writing this piece. I dedicate this Comment to those wrongly incarcerated because of
deceptive interrogation tactics.


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