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6 Disability L.J. 1 (2025)

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           THE  ADA  APPLIES TO POLICE  INTERROGATIONS:

               A FRAMEWORK   FOR ACCOMMODATING  AND
               PROTECTING  ACCUSED  DISABLED PEOPLE


                        Baylee D. Kalmbach


                        ABOUT  THE AUTHOR

    Associate Attorney, Freking Myers & Reul; J.D., Uniform Bar
Examination and Law School Tutor, JD Advising, Inc., University of
Cincinnati College of Law (2023); Litigation Fellow, Ohio Innocence
Project (2021); B.A., Disability Studies and Law and Social Thought,
University of Toledo (2020). I thank Professor Betsy Malloy for her
expertise and guidance while writing this piece. I also owe a special
shoutout to the hosts of the Morbid Podcast, Ash Kelley and Alaina
Urquhart, for inspiring this work with their West Memphis Three series.

                         TABLE OF CONTENTS


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BACKGROUND...................................
A. Title II of the  ADA   ..........................
B. Universal Rights in an Interrogation .............
C. Disabled People are More Likely to Falsely Confess
   1. Interrogation Tactics .......................
   2. What Makes Disabled People More Susceptible. .
   a.Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities .........
   b.d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing People ...........


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