> What's the advantage to society of allowing interviewers to lie (to anyone, let alone kids)? I suppose in many instances lies and bluffs have resulted in the

> What's the advantage to society of allowing interviewers to lie (to anyone, let alone kids)? I suppose in many instances lies and bluffs have resulted in the desired outcome. But not all lies/bluffs are the same, and I agree with you that telling a suspect in interrogation that they have immunity if they just say X is problematic, but I think it is reflected in the current case law and any evidence obtained in such a scenario would likely be suppressed. I’ve seen more than a few interrogations, a similar one went something like this: Cop: look, we just want to recover the gun, we don’t care about anything else, just tell us where the gun is. Suspect: oh…you just want the gun? Cop: yeah. Suspect: yeah, I bet you do. Now the thing is this suspect actually shot someone from his car into an adjacent car, he fled and discarded the firearm, then returned to the scene after police had arrived and he was immediately arrested. It always amazed me someone so dumb as to drive right back to the scene of the crime and deliver himself into the hands of police was so aware and savvy during the interrogation.