[bayesianhorse]

Moral of the story: If you don't want to be thrown in jail for stealing something you didn't steal, don't sign a confession...

In fact it sounds as if the defendant actually phrased most of the confession himself...

[dannypgh]

I'll take it one step further: don't talk to the police at all. Had he said nothing and asked for a lawyer who knows what the outcome would have been?

Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc