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Match the court case with the correct ruling with regards to the voluntariness of confessions.
-Ashcraft v. Tennessee


A) Confessions of murder procured by repeated inquisitions of prisoners without friends or counselors present, and under circumstances to inspire terror, held compulsory.
B) The suspect was questioned for 38 hours with only one 5-minute break so the confession was deemed involuntary.
C) The Supreme Court held that a police officer's false statement that a co-defendant implicated the accused was not sufficient to produce an involuntary statement.
D) A mentally challenged 19-year-old was held incommunicado for three days without counsel and given little food. His resulting confession was deemed involuntary.

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