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Old 03-30-2006, 08:59 PM
Phasad1913 Phasad1913 is offline
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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
Ok, off topic but does anyone know if this is really true? Is it "legal" for them to lie, or do they just get away with it?
Its not a question of whether or not the use of lies and/or misrepresentations by the police are legal, its a question of whether the suspects will was overborne in their act of confessing to a crime. Police are pretty much granted broad leighway in their tactics to secure a confession out of a suspect and as long as under all relevant circumstances it is not obvious that a person involuntarily confessed, they can do just about what they want.

I'm not responding to the rest of this topic. I'll just end up pissed off.
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