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Police may get more rights
to quiz suspects
Reuters
Wednesday November 7, 2007
Police could be given the power to question suspects after they
have been charged as part of efforts to tighten anti-terrorism
legislation, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Wednesday.
The proposal, and a government plan to extend the current 28-day
limit on the detention of terrorism suspects without charge, will
be debated by MPs.
Currently, police can only question criminal suspects after charge
to clarify earlier statements.
Allowing more detailed questioning after charge, when more evidence
may have emerged, could give police more leverage and help secure
convictions, Smith said.
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"I'm not claiming, and nobody is, that this is a panacea
in itself," she said on BBC radio.
"But it is an important contribution towards a bill that
we believe will provide for investigators and prosecutors more
of the tools that they need to help them to counter the serious
threat from terrorism."
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have called for questioning
after charge to be permitted in the case of terrorism suspects,
hoping it could be an alternative to any lengthening of the limit
for detention without charge.
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