> How are they going to secure convictions against the innocent if they can't lie to them? The way they do in countries that have long forbade lying in interro

> How are they going to secure convictions against the innocent if they can't lie to them? The way they do in countries that have long forbade lying in interrogations: https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/84483/is-it-generally-legally-allowed-for-uk-police-to-lie-to-people-in-the-regular-co https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/84483/is-it-generall... > when they have no proof at all it's going to put a heavy burden on the prosecutor to get that person in jail. Oh, how awful it is that a prosecutor has to prove someone's guilt! What next? Presumption of innocence? Having followed the topic on and off for well over a decade: As a juror I never believe someone's confession. Rather irrelevant as most confessions won't get to trial, but it often takes very little to get a suspect to produce a false confession. At times, even without any deceit from the interrogators. I wish I could recall one particular case: A person was murdered, and they charged another person living in the apartment complex. After a long interview session, he confessed. But his confession didn't match any of the evidence. So they pressured him to name an accomplice. The accomplice confessed. The evidence still didn't match. They kept pressuring the original suspect to name names until they had 4-5 people - all of whom confessed. They later retracted their confessions, claiming duress. But the jurors convicted them on the strength of their confessions ("Who would confess to a murder? I wouldn't!"). They were, of course, all innocent. They spent time in prison, and eventually managed to get the courts to release them. But one or two still haven't been "exonerated" - their conviction stands and thus can't get jobs (or even an apartment). Oh, and no physical coercion was involved. They were simply worn down by the long interrogation. IIRC, over half of people whose convictions have been overturned involved a confession of guilt during interrogation (maybe it was just death row folks - don't remember the specifics).