ALBANY – As a former district attorney in Rochester, Michael Green knows first-hand the benefits of videotaping interrogations, both in aiding the prosecution in convicting the guilty and assisting the jury when a defendant claims his confession was false.
"There is no question the best evidence is a full recording, both video and audio, of the entire interrogation," said Green, now executive deputy commissioner of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). "It is a great tool in terms of convicting those people who should be convicted, and a great safeguard in terms of making sure the system is as fair and accurate as it can possibly be."
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