Illinois on Sunday became the first state to pass a bill that prohibits law enforcement officers from lying to juveniles during interrogations—a practice advocates of the measure argue adds significantly to the risk of false confessions and wrongful convictions. If signed into law, confessions from minors who were deceived by police during questioning would be deemed “inadmissible as evidence.” Deception is described in the legislation as “knowingly providing false information about evidence or leniency.” Illinois state Sen. Robert Peters, a Democrat sponsor of SB 2122, said in a statement that police officers too often “exploit this situation in an effort to elicit false information and statements from minors in order to help them with a case.” “When a kid is in a stuffy interrogation room being grilled by adults, they’re scared and are more likely to say whatever it is they think the officer wants to hear to get themselves …