Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Police Interviewing of Kids

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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices, hearing arguments in a closely watched case involving child-abuse investigations at school, took sharp exception to the notion that a search warrant or a parent's consent is required before a child can be questioned at school by a child-care worker or a police officer.

Each year, state and local agencies investigate more than 3 million claims of child abuse or neglect. In about one in four cases, the investigators decide that some abuse took place.

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Police Interviewing of Kids

The high court has not ruled on whether the Constitution put some limits on inv...

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