## [RT] How did we miss this one?

* Author: u/None *
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* Created: 2014-03-05T11:23:42

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> **u/logrusmage** [+6]  (12 hours later)
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> ...In real life, I'm pretty sure most criminals do not spontaneously decide to confess after they're presented with flimsy physical data. This happens a lot on Law and Order SVU, though I can't recall if I've seen it a lot on the original.

>> **u/None** [+2]  (21 hours later)
>> 
>> In real life, psychologically manipulative interrogations often work as well or better than gathering forensic evidence.  I'd actually be quite interested to see the statistics.

>>> **u/notentirelyrandom** [+2]  (17 days later)
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>>> In real life, psychologically manipulative interrogations work really well at getting a thing similar enough to a confession that you can tell a jury it was one. In fact, they work so well that you can get one whether or not the person is guilty.

> **u/logrusmage** [+1]  (a day later)
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> Agreed.  Id also be interested in how educated criminals are who spill.  The fifth is pretty clearly written...

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