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This bill introduces new legal protections for children during custodial interrogations by defining and prohibiting certain interrogation practices. Specifically, the bill defines "deception" and "psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics" which include communicating false statements about evidence, misrepresenting facts, making false promises of leniency, repeatedly asserting a child's guilt, exaggerating charges, minimizing the moral seriousness of an offense, and using manipulative questioning strategies. The legislation prohibits law enforcement officers from employing threats, physical harm, deception, or these manipulative tactics when interrogating a child, with a narrow exception for situations where an officer reasonably believes questioning is necessary to protect life or property from an imminent threat. Additionally, the bill establishes a new rule of evidence that generally makes statements obtained through non-compliant interrogations inadmissible in civil, criminal, or juvenile proceedings, with a limited exception allowing such evidence if it is offered by a plaintiff in a damages action arising from the interrogation. The overall intent of the bill appears to be protecting children from coercive or deceptive questioning techniques that might lead to false confessions or self-incrimination.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb264.html