[ecshafer]

If you watch some of the real life detective / crime shows. The people who murder people and get caught be cops, basically shoot people in broad daylight on camera, tell people about it, then immediately fold in interrogation.

[mc32]

People often fold during an interrogation/questioning unless they are career criminals and have been through the system and learn from their prior mistakes/luck.

[BobaFloutist]

Innocent people often fold during interrogation.

[mc32]

Sure, but in the 21st century people are typically not thrown in prison on the basis of a confession only. The prosecutors have to have corroborating evidence.

We do have criminals who fold, either they're too confident, they trip up, etc. Recently some guy killed his sugar-momma in Fla, then took her car and drive it cross country to Seattle and along the way used her CC. He gave it all away in the jail interview.

[rectang]

In the 21st century, innocent people routinely accept plea deals to avoid the risk of trial. The corroborating evidence need not be strong because the threat of the trial penalty is enough when you can't afford a good lawyer.

https://innocenceproject.org/coerced-pleas/

[pixl97]

>The prosecutors have to have corroborating evidence.

Bla bla bla, prosecutors are the good guys and show all the evidence they have....

Um, not.

We keep finding again and again we're putting innocent people in jail even for things as serious as capital crimes, and later it was found the investigation was botched and there was no evidence that person was guilty and other evidence was never presented.

[naijaboiler]

wrong. confession is the pimary way most people get convicted

[olalonde]

Or unless they exercise their right to remain silent.

[mothballed]

Yes but if you do it wrong then your silence can be used against you. And if you ask for a lawyer slightly incorrectly then that doesn't count either.

[duskdozer]

Well, how exactly were they supposed to know he wanted a lawyer and not a lawyerdog, whatever that is? I don't even think that's a real thing! Clearly the suspect was crazy.