Why Suspects Give False Confessions

Jonathan Kim talks with Liliana Segura, associate editor of the Nation magazine who has written extensively about the death penalty and unfair sentencing. In this video, Liliana talk about how unlawful behavior by law enforcement can lead suspects to give false confessions.


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[dramatish]

@aboxall1 you are the dumb idiot here .they are talking about specific cases moron .cases when suspects give false confessions.they didnt generalize it at all...specific case of false of confession

[spontaneous09]

havent you seen shawshank redemption? everyone is innocent lol

[aboxall1]

This girl's an idiot. She suggests police routinely use "brutal" interrogation techniques, such as questioning for days straight, no food, water, etc. That is total bogus and extremely rare. The vast majority of police interrogations are highly respectful of prisoner rights, as the courts require. Psychological pressure is a legitimate interview technique. It might be hard to believe, but criminals don't like to confess. That doesn't mean the police shouldn't interrogate a legitimate suspect.

[somonuel]

I had a detective harass me for 3 days before I was even officially charged trying to get me to convince to a crime i did not commit. i was in jail for 71.5 hours before I got to see the judge. the prosecutor requested that the criminal charges be dropped because there was no evidence to suggest me as the suspect, but the judge continued the case for 6 months before they were convinced to drop the case

[wesscoast]

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[brettski34]

well, it wasn't so long ago that people were put on trial for witchcraft, and if people can confess to making pacts with satan, they can be tortured into confessing to ANYTHING.

[WorldSacred]

I've known of situations where the accused was actually the victim, and the accusers were the criminals. The interrogators went to such lengths to prove an innocent person of guilt that they did everything to draw a false confession out of him. Finally when he made that false confession, the interrogators took the man to court, where he promptly identified his interrogators as kidnappers, himself a victim, the confession made upon duress, and the allegations bogus.

[mactube37]

coercion isn't the only reason people give false confessions. look at the jon bonet ramsey case, some people just do it for the fame. some for the free prison healthcare like the cancer guy who robbed a bank for $1 than waited for the cops. I'm sure he isn't the only one with that plan. lets say your homeless and you find out you have aids... where are you going to guarantee yourself medical attention, plus no ones gonna rape the guy with aids so out the window goes that downfall of prison life

[momijinohanako]

As far as I know, in Sweden you can't convict someone based on confession alone. You have to have technical evidance as well.

[CognosSquare]

This is something all legal defenders learn.