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52 Gonz. L. Rev. 507 (2016-2017)
When and Why Suspects Fail to Recognize the Adversary Role of an Interrogator in America: The Problem and Solution

handle is hein.journals/gonlr52 and id is 537 raw text is: WHEN AND WHY SUSPECTS FAL TO RECOGNIZE THE ADVERSARY ROLE OF AN INTERROGATOR IN AMERICA: THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION Myeonki Kim* I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... ..... 508 II. THE PROBLEM OF AMERICAN INTERROGATIONS .................. 510 A. The Adversarial Excesses in American Interrogation ................. 510 B. Interrogation and Wrongful Conviction .......... .........513 C. What Makes American Interrogation Practices so Adversarial? .................................... 517 III. AN UNNOTICED PROBLEM IN ADVERSARY INTERROGATION............... 520 A. Two Features ofAdversarial Interrogations ........ ......... 520 B. Modern Interrogation as a Confidence Game........ ....... 524 1. The Confidence Game and Coerciveness ....... ...... 525 2. The Confidence Game and Unfairness ......... ...... 529 IV. POLICY DIRECTION ......................................... 531 A. Regulation Through Police Code of Conduct .............. 531 B. Inspirationfrom MRPC.. ...............................533 C. Refuting Concerns. .................................. 537 V. CONCLUSION .................................................. 538 * S.J.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin Law School; LL.M.-LI, University of Wisconsin Law School; LL.B., Korean National Police University. I would like to thank Professor Keith A. Findley, Carrie Sperling and Cecelia M. Klingele for their helpful comments on the draft of this Article. I am also grateful to Catie White and Lucie Butner for their excellent editorial assistance. All errors are mine alone. 507