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Originally Posted by too eazy
There's a new Netflix Original: The Confession Tapes.
It's a documentary style series with 40-60 minute episodes covering cases of (mostly) false confessions.
For some reason I find police interrogations really fascinating, so if you're in the same boat or just like true-crime docs this might be up your alley.
Only watched 2 episodes but they were both pretty good. The psychological dynamics are really nutty when a lot is on the line. In one of the episodes I watched an informant played up a group of friends from a specific street as a 'gang', and coincidentally a murder happened on that very street some time later. By the end of it all, the police seemed genuinely convinced that a huge proportion of the residents in one neighborhood were part of some secret gang and started trying to bring them all down.
Because of the plea bargain system they all start agreeing to testify against each other for things that never happened in exchange for short time. In the end it appeared like 7-8 guys were sent to jail for being part of a gang that didn't even exist and committing various crimes they didn't do.
Anyways, It was pretty good but not great, I'd file the series under my list of things to watch if you can't think of anything else to check out.
The mental pressure of interrogations and the flawed, coached, "eye witness" testimony really make me wonder how many innocent people were put away before the advent of DNA and security cameras. If you were in the wrong place/wrong time scenario the justice system could, and still can, put you away.
If I ever get accused or interrogated I will just demand a lawyer and stfu.