# Pitting PKBites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 4, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075 "2021-09-04T00:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075/92 "2021-09-12T21:03:23Z")

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> [@Info that police can collect without a warrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-that-police-can-collect-without-a-warrant/950331/73):
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> This is absolutely correct. Offering a reduced sentence is one of the interview techniques I cannot do. Big no-no! After a subject writes out their confession there is a form that is read to them that they sign. One section says, in effect, “I was not promised a reduced sentence by the investigator”. However I can say things like “hey, I’m just charging you with this. If I wanted to be a prick I could charge you with this, that, and the other thing”. Notice that statement isn’t a direct threa…

Thought of taking this to Great Debates, but why bother with this disingenuous piece of shit.

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