r/interesting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 1d ago

Additional Context Pinned Murder suspect breaks through a wall and escapes interrogation room

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u/HelloSakif0009 1d ago

People behave strangely in interrogation room. Even innocent people.

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u/Texasteabag29 23h ago

Very true. I once had to give a statement in one as a witness to a tragedy. Not going to lie it was intimidating as all hell and I couldn't wait to get out of there

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u/justbrucebanner 13h ago

Same here. There was a moment where I wondered if I was somehow involved in the event, and it was literally a homicide I happened to pass (morning run).

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u/puahaw 1d ago

The best way to establish your innocence is to commit more crimes

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u/Arimm_The_Amazing 14h ago

That's very true and body language analysis is a pseudoscience but uh... this is a bit more than body language

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u/scrollbreak 1d ago

Acting strangely is mostly going to correlate with having done the crime.

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u/melodydissonance 1d ago

“Of all the convicted people who have been exonerated by DNA testing, almost 30 percent confessed to crimes they didn't commit”

It’s actually a really interesting topic. Interrogation techniques do a number on the psyche, even when the person is aware that these techniques are being used on them.

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u/Mvlysebe1992 1d ago

it seems some people have never been questioned while being under influence, the panic mode start happening and the suspect didn't think he could he break to the wall he was just using his anger of the entire situation rather he was in the right of the wrong, his brain is now on full escape mode

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u/Gabby-Abeille 1d ago

Yep, which is why nowadays many jurisdictions do not consider a confession to be particularly stronger than any other piece of evidence.

That being said, this guy actually did it.

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u/scrollbreak 23h ago

The link title doesn't say how they acted. It's not like all police interviews instantly go to hard interrogation techniques - some people just answer questions, some people don't and prefer to act strangely because it's a kind of stonewalling technique at the very least. And some police are strange themselves, like the ones who interrogated someone on the death of his father for 7 hours and got him to confess - while his father was alive. Some people just can't let themselves be wrong. But really if the stats were taken of who acted strangely, I doubt acting strangely would have no correlation with being convicted of the crime.

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u/melodydissonance 22h ago

Not saying there is 0 correlation. Simply was stating this an interesting topic in psychology. There is overwhelming evidence that innocent people often act ‘strange’ under police interrogation and has a weak correlation with guilt. Innocent people don’t anticipate being treated like a suspect. Hours of grueling interrogation under the pressure of their freedom being on the line can severely alter judgment.

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u/scrollbreak 22h ago

Source?

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u/melodydissonance 21h ago

You made the claim. Google.com, there’s dozens of studies regarding this topic

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u/scrollbreak 21h ago

No, 'overwhelming evidence' is also a claim. If it doesn't appear that way to you, for myself it doesn't suggest a strong grasp on the topic. Have a good day, bye.

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u/avigyan_33 1d ago

Ahh... found the guy who writes for all those dumb cop shows.