Re: can police lie to extract a confession?

richard <member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:74i3p4docu2gt30m25megb9dcp89gq8mgg@xxxxxxx:

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:49:20 -0800, Okikuro
<georgewkspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What can the police lie about while conducting an interrogation?
February 3, 2009

I've noticed while watching The First 48 that the detectives
occasionally lie to a witness or suspect to get information. But what I
haven't ever seen them do is lie about having witnesses who saw the
person being interrogated committing the crime. Every time they told
the
suspect that they had a witness against him, they really did have one.
So it got me thinking: can the police lie about having witnesses
against
you to procure information?

?diggleblop
for the rest of the art.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2842/what-can-the-police-lie-
abo
ut-while-conducting-an-interrogation

"You have the right to remain silent".
I suggest you practice that and see what happens.

I would suppose it would be churlish of me to suggest that you take your
own advice.

Every tv cop show around always show interrogations that would not
hold up in court.

Really? Do you have any examples? For an interrogation to "not hold up
in court," the police would have to violate the suspect's rights.

But not spending all my time in a court I''m just
assuming as I've never heard of cops being cross examined over the
questions being asked in interrogations. Maybe they are.

Most criminal cases end in plea bargains.

Of course the cops can lie, it's done to make you sweat.

Cops can lie in court under oath too.

Everybody can lie in court; no one is supposed to have permission to do
so.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Ex-abuse detective groomed girl
    ... honest than the police. ... solicitor, or doctor, etc) will not be totally honest will they? ... Lawyers lie. ... witnesses do lie - particularly non-independent witnesses. ...
    (uk.legal)
  • Re: CNN: Travon "Skittles" Martin star witness lied. Lib media tries to bury it.
    ... I find it ironic that blacks never, ever come forward as witnesses at ... shootings but one did in this case. ... Even if it was a lie. ... You have a cite for that "fact"? ...
    (rec.arts.tv)
  • Re: what is sufficient evidence?
    ... > odds, as judged by you, that aliens would visit, and on the a priori ... > odds, as judged by you, that several witnesses would all either be ... > mistaken or lie to you. ... Prev by Date: ...
    (rec.arts.sf.fandom)
  • Re: For the record
    ... You lie as others breath! ... Its second nature to ... a vile nature. ... imaginary "witnesses". ...
    (soc.culture.iranian)
  • Re: For the record
    ... You lie as others breath! ... Its second nature to ... imaginary "witnesses". ... Your name is not Joubin Houshyar. ...
    (soc.culture.iranian)