Coerced confessions force victims to accept fabrications as truth

Evidence

In the end the Court of Appeal decided he had not committed the offense. Now you can see the dangers here. If the young person is pleading not guilty, it is very tempting to start talking to them about the offense and almost persuading them that they must be guilty, and that, if only they told you they were guilty, then you would be able to assist. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 494 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Since I could stand no more, I said to him, “All right, I’ll accept the first part of your statement.” M. Baron replied, “No, I don’t want the first part, I want it all.” “Am I supposed to lie, then?” “Lie or no lie, you must agree to what I tell you… .” — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 942 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

While the last four words of both statements are identical (“I committed the crime”), the meaning of those four words is different and is determined by the context. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 268 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false; Psychiatric treatment pressure can coerce innocent youths into false confessions — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 494; Colonial interrogation compelled complete forced confession regardless of truth — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 942 (+4 more)

Related

• Psychiatric treatment pressure can coerce innocent youths into false confessions (similarity 0.85)
• Context alters the meaning of identical phrases in a confession (similarity 0.80)
• Colonial interrogation compelled complete forced confession regardless of truth (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Psychiatric treatment pressure can coerce innocent youths into false confessions #corroborates (0.90) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 494
• Colonial interrogation compelled complete forced confession regardless of truth #corroborates (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 942
• Context alters the meaning of identical phrases in a confession #qualifies (0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 268