During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that he would encourage states to adopt reforms "requiring videotaping of interrogations and confessions in capital cases to ensure that prosecutions are fair."
While an Illinois state senator, Obama authored a law that required the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in capital cases. The goal was to ensure fairness and accountability in interrogations. The law passed on a unanimous vote and many said helped put Obama on the map for his skill in working with Republicans, Democrats, police and prosecutors.
But there's no sign he's pursued such laws since becoming president. Searches of the Web sites of the White House, U.S. Department of Justice, National Governor's Association, and many other sites failed to turn up any tangible progress on this promise.
Perhaps the administration will be pursuing this in the future, but so far we see no progress. So we're rating this one Stalled.
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