12 Angry Men Essay

Being interrogated is a very intricate thing to be capable of doing; however, it is also a very intrusive and excruciating thing to be done upon you. In your lifetime you have been Questioned about doing something: interrogation is just a more daunting word for such questioning. According to the Reid technique the officers, in the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, make a few different mistakes. The mistakes they make are proven by the boy’s inability to speak to certain details and make it hard to get all the facts.

The Laws of interrogation regarding a person's rights has created the history of interrogation. Interrogation, described by social science researcher William A. Darity, is a process by which someone tries to extract

Although, if the methods are used precisely, oftentimes it works very well. In some cases the interrogations go very poorly: one of these is Chavez v. Martinez. The interrogator did some things that go against the techniques and laws of interrogation which led to himself getting sued. As Martinez was being interrogated by Chavez, he was also being treated for his gunshot wounds he endured during a gunfight he had with the police. This is a very poor way of conducting questioning: the person being interrogated is under very obvious stress because of his conditions. Chavez also did not read off the miranda rights to Martinez. The Miranda rights consist of the “right to remain silent” and his “right to have legal counsel present at his interrogation”(Britannica). This can lead to the interrogation being invalid or not being able to use the questioning in the court of law. Chavez also used coercive questioning to extract a statement. After the lawsuit of Chavez v. Martinez the court determined that when a police officer uses "coercive conduct" to obtain a testimony or confession, he is violating the right to due process no matter if the testimony is used in court. Luckily for Chavez there was no criminal case started so this did not apply to his situation. In different cases, when they use proper technique the interrogation goes much smoother such as Frazier v. Cupp. After the interrogation had just started and the petitioner was in custody, he was told that he has the right to legal counsel if he wants or needs one. In Layman’s terms he was Mirandaized or “given” his Miranda warnings. He was then told his right to not self incriminate which is another thing included in the Miranda warnings. One thing that was admitted into evidence was clothing that the police took from a duffel bag that the two used together. The search was conducted with the permission of Rawls. This allows the police to