Police can legally lie to you during interrogations, and most people confess to things they didn't do because of it

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This comes up a lot with clients, and it shocks people every time. Police are trained in all 50 states to lie during interrogations, about evidence, about what witnesses said, and about what will happen if you confess.

They can tell you they have video footage when they don't. They can claim your coworker already told them everything and blamed you, even if nobody said a word. They can act like the case is already closed and that they're just giving you a chance to tell your side. All of this is legal. The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that deception alone doesn't make a confession involuntary, and it's been standard practice ever since.

The crazy part is how well it works on innocent people. Almost 30% of DNA exonerations involved false confessions. These are people who went to prison for years, exposed by DNA evidence later, and they had confessed to crimes they never committed.

The biggest mistake, People think they can just explain their way out of it. Nope. If police are questioning you about a crime, say you want a lawyer and stop talking. Doesn't matter if you're innocent. Especially if you're innocent.