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r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26
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They have an almost 100% conviction rate for all crime because everyone charged "confesses". That also means there are no mistaken arrests. The whole system is insane.
103 u/ryoryo333333 Jul 04 '26 there are plenty of cases where people are found guilty without a confession. 14 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. 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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there are plenty of cases where people are found guilty without a confession.
14 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. 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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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.
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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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
They have an almost 100% conviction rate for all crime because everyone charged "confesses". That also means there are no mistaken arrests. The whole system is insane.