Brown v. Mississippi is a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that confessions obtained through physical torture were unconstitutional.

Brown v. Mississippi is a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that confessions obtained through physical torture were unconstitutional.

• A. True.
• B. False.
• C. It addressed double jeopardy.
• D. It established Miranda rights.

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that a confession must be voluntary and obtained without coercion. Brown v. Mississippi held that confessions extracted through physical torture violate due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, so such confessions cannot be admitted in court. This established an early and important standard: police methods that coerce a confession undermine the defendant’s due process rights, and the state cannot rely on those confessions. The case does not involve double jeopardy, and it does not establish Miranda rights (those came later in a different case). So the statement is true.

The key idea is that a confession must be voluntary and obtained without coercion. Brown v. Mississippi held that confessions extracted through physical torture violate due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, so such confessions cannot be admitted in court. This established an early and important standard: police methods that coerce a confession undermine the defendant’s due process rights, and the state cannot rely on those confessions. The case does not involve double jeopardy, and it does not establish Miranda rights (those came later in a different case). So the statement is true.