Chances are, you’ve watched a bunch of episodes of “Law & Order,” “Bluebloods” or the like. Maybe you’re astonished by how willing TV police—usually, in plainclothes—are to “push around” suspects, or even witnesses, when they think they’re being stonewalled. Can that be true in the real world, or is it just Hollywood mainlining the story to create excitement? It probably depends on the police department in question, the demographics, or even the real world incident being “dramatized” on film.
But what about cops flat out lying to witnesses, or even suspects, to get them to open up? Short of behavior which removes the voluntariness of the confession, this kind of police conduct is sanctioned by the courts. “The fact … that the police lie to a suspect does not necessarily render [a confession] involuntary.”1
Police May Lie
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