![]() Nowadays, police departments mainly rely upon psychological tools to extract confessions. It was only in 1936 that the common practices of hanging suspects out of windows, hitting them with hoses, and plunging their heads under water were effectively outlawed by the U.S. The rack, the screw, dunking - a method applied to suspected witches in Salem - the old, recently revived art of waterboarding and the simple rubber hose that gave menace to “the third degree” in the black and white heyday of police detectives have all proven their worth in winning confessions. The world has always had its ways of extracting confessions. Kevin Pageau, right, and Detective John Doherty, left, interrogate Nga Truong, 16, following the 2008 death of her baby boy. ![]() Part 1 of a series ( See more recent reports) Worcester Police Sgt. ![]() Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 10 years old.
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