challenged, like robert? they re entitled under the law to what s called an appropriate adult. now, that might be a parent. it might be a social worker. but they re entitled to that as well as their legal representative. but, when the interrogation rules were changed, many veteran officers were not happy. they resisted. detective trevor bowles remembers it well. senior people thought that this was a draconian piece of legislation that was going to prevent us from ever detecting anything ever again. you d never solve a crime anymore. we d never solve a crime anymore, that it was gonna tie our hands behind our back and we would be unable to work with it. and they were wrong. very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the u.k. are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. and along the way, said griffiths, confessions, a hallmark of case-solving in the u.s, became much less important here in bri
trevor remembers it well. senior people thought it was a draconian piece of legislation. that was going to prevent us from ever detecting anything ever given. never solve a crime anymore? they never thought they would tie hands behind the back and ing unable to work with it. they were wrong. very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the uk are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. and along the way, said griffiths, confessions of hall mark case solving in the u.s. became much less important here in britain. we would not prosecute somebody under confession. if someone did make a confession, we would try and corroborate what they said so you d have the supporting evidence as well. isn t a confession the strongest evidence you could get?
senior people thought it was a draconian piece of legislation. they never thought they would tie hands behind the back and work with it. they were wrong. very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the uk are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. and along the way, said griffiths, confessions of hall mark case solving in the u.s. became much less important here in britain. we would not prosecute somebody under confession. if someone did make a confession, we would try and corroborate what they said so you d have the supporting evidence as well. isn t a confession the strongest evidence you could get? not always.
detective trevor bowles remembers it well. senior people thought that this was a draconian piece of legislation that was gonna prevent us from ever detecting anything ever again. you d never solve a crime anymore. we d never solve a crime anymore, that it was gonna tie our hands behind our back and we would be unable to work with it. and they were wrong. reporter: very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. detection rates in respect of homicide in the u.k. are very high. they re up in the 90% mark. reporter: and along the way, said griffiths, confessions, a hallmark of case-solving in the u.s, became much less important here in britain. we would not prosecute somebody on solely on a confession. so we so if someone did make a confession, we would try and corroborate what they said. so you d have the supporting evidence as well. but isn t a confession the strongest evidence you can get?
own eyes. it looks like the officer dropped something there. so it just sends a message like, could this have really happened? then exhibit b, which now going on in chicago involving laquan mcdonald where there was a shooting with officer van dyke. the officer s indications of exactly what happened are totally different from what we see on video and now there s evidence coming out that they coerced witnesses to say the same thing. it goes to the whole narrative can we really trust the investigatory authorities who bring forward the evidence, and that s really the issue that the documentary captures, and makes us think is he really guilty of this crime. danny, do you see pluses and minuses to this keim of crime solving. mr. jackson s exhibits a and b are cases that have nothing to do with this particular case. the reality is, the defense s position in this case was that they essentially conceded everything they had in the fact that yes, there was a key, yes, some other evidence, but