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		maxxxxx on June 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit " any admission of guilt is only to be considered as part of evidence in a case." This makes sense to me. Someone confessing to a crime is certainly a strong indicator they did it but it's not 100%.

BurningFrog on June 16, 2019 [–]

In Sweden any evidence is admissible, and it's up to the judge(s) to decide if and how to weigh it.

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