I remember last year some city was considering this and the opponents claimed a study on how to implement it would cost huge bags of money…and a proponent suggested giving each precinct $200 and directions to Radio Shack.
The association is one of the nation's largest and most respected professional groups, and its endorsement of videotaping interrogations in their entirety, is expected to be influential at a time when an increasing number of jurisdictions are considering the issue of wrongful conviction.
Last year, Illinois became the third state, after Alaska and Minnesota, to require taping.
"This is an incredible, important endorsement of videotaping and should go a long way toward getting states to adopt legislation in this area," said Steven A. Drizin , a professor at the Northwestern University School of Law.