false confession

Frequency: 7.811.5 per million words

An admission of guilt for a crime one did not commit.

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Examples (10)

  • She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted.
  • Under intense pressure, the suspect gave a false confession to the police.
  • A false confession can lead to a wrongful conviction and years of injustice.
  • Psychologists study the factors that lead an innocent person to make a false confession.
  • The defense attorney argued that his client's false confession was inadmissible in court.
  • The documentary exposed how interrogation tactics resulted in a false confession.
  • It is incredibly difficult for a jury to distinguish between a true and a false confession.
  • He spent years in prison based on a false confession he was too scared to retract.
  • The signed document was later proven to be a false confession, secured through intimidation.
  • Evidence suggested that the suspect was coerced into providing a false confession.