“Sometimes, it’s an unfortunate reality, we have to lie to people to get them to tell the truth,”
That is the policy director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, testifying against House Bill 1062. In Washington, 23% of exonerations involve false confessions. Ted Bradford, the state’s first DNA exoneree, confessed after police lied to him about DNA evidence. The people who say they need to lie to find the truth keep finding the wrong man.