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> Which is always true, at least in the US. The police are allowed to lie to you during questioning. They are allowed to claim they have evidence that they do not have. No amount of lying on their part will invalidate any "confession" they obtain from you. But if you even inadvertently tell the police something that is untrue, you can end up in prison for that, even if you committed no other crime. NEVER talk to the police, if there is any chance they suspect you are involved with a crime.

While police are allowed to lie, are they allowed to lie to you with regards to what rights you may or may not have? Naively, it would seem so but I'm not aware of any language explicitly allowing deceit on the part of police.




You're looking for the wrong thing. There's no language explicitly DISallowing deceit on the part of the police.




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