Yup. There was an interesting story on HN a few months back about the parallels between plea bargaining and the Inquisition: faced with either, it's very much

Yup. There was an interesting story on HN a few months back about the parallels between plea bargaining and the Inquisition: faced with either, it's very much in your interest to confess and plead guilty, even if you're innocent. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5058703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5058703