Donald Connery op ed in the Hartford Courant on recording of interrogations

The Connecticut Supreme Court, in Conn. v. Lockhart, refused to require electronic recording of police interrogations under either the due process clause or its supervisory powers. Donald Connery, longtime advocate for recording, and the author of Guilty Until Proven Innocent, published a powerful Op-ed in the Hartford Courant and the paper also editorialized in favor of recording. The legislature convenes again next year and the dissent will surely be seen as a clarion call to the legislature to take action, especially given that a Pilot Project in a number of sites has met with universal approval of recording. Steve Drizen