re: #126 Nerdy Fish

Absolutely, as long as the defense isn’t able to prove that it’s obtained under false pretenses. Unless a lawyer asks them, the cops don’t have to tell the court they offered a false bargain to the defendant - and a prosecutor, whose job rating depends on getting convictions, certainly isn’t going to ask.

Look up and read about Jon Burge the Chicago cop who was able to elicit quite a few “confessions” and convictions during his career. False confessions are way more common than people realise.