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Police are generally under a lot of pressure to close cases. Getting a confession closes a case quickly and neatly. Watch The Wire to get an idea of what kind
by autarch 15y ago
Police are generally under a lot of pressure to close cases. Getting a confession closes a case quickly and neatly.
Watch The Wire to get an idea of what kind of pressures the police face to "solve" crimes.
- baddox 15y agoAlso, police have power. Power has a profound impact on most people, and generally not a good one.
- billswift 15y agoI think Frank Herbert had a point when he wrote that it isn't so much that having power corrupts, as the sort of people who seek power in the first place.
- foobarbazoo 15y agoThe experimental record disagrees with Frank Herbert: power corrupts. It was worth doing the experiments though, so good on him.
- ams6110 15y agoThey also can lie when they interrogate you. They can tell you your friend has already implicated you in the crime, even if it's not true.