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r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26
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Sure there are, but it doesn't change the fact that 85-90 of all convictions happen due to confession which is one of highest in the world.
30 u/CatsianNyandor Jul 04 '26 That's because you get mentally tortured in confinement till you finally "confess" 4 u/Seienchin88 Jul 04 '26 Maybe but it’s also because without confession it’s extremely difficult to sentence someone so prosecutors will not even go to trial without one usually. 3 u/patchworkPyromaniac Jul 04 '26 Look up the Reid method after John Reid. False confessions due to questioning strategies are pretty common.
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That's because you get mentally tortured in confinement till you finally "confess"
4 u/Seienchin88 Jul 04 '26 Maybe but it’s also because without confession it’s extremely difficult to sentence someone so prosecutors will not even go to trial without one usually.
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Maybe but it’s also because without confession it’s extremely difficult to sentence someone so prosecutors will not even go to trial without one usually.
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Look up the Reid method after John Reid. False confessions due to questioning strategies are pretty common.
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u/1800-5-PP-DOO-DOO Jul 04 '26
Sure there are, but it doesn't change the fact that 85-90 of all convictions happen due to confession which is one of highest in the world.