leading social scientists who have studied wrongful conviction are unanimous in recommending safeguards, such as the electronic recording of all interviews. As of 2019, only twenty-six states plus the District of Columbia require the police to electronically record interrogations in some or all felony crimes, although only five states stipulate a “preference” for audiovisual recording.54 Police and prosecutors have long resisted this requirement, fearing, perhaps, the embarrassing, dissonance-generating revelations it might create.
