Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1699
AUTHOR:
William J Brennan, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
QUOTATION:
Use of a mentally ill person’s involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.
ATTRIBUTION:
Dissenting opinion in 7-2 ruling that confessions from the mentally ill may be used against them even if those confessions are not the product of free will, 10 Dec 86
