If coercive techniques get an innocent person to confess to a crime, what happens?

a. The jury will disregard the confession.
b. The judge will rule the confession inadmissible.
c. Because of the lack of other evidence, the prosecution will not prove its case.
d. The false confession biases later investigation toward supporting the confession.


d

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