"In these kinds of crimes," he said, "people who had nothing to do with it confess, and we don't want them to know everything."

Under torture, people would confess to anything, whether true or not.

For two days the people of Petra had confessed their sins.

About 60 people confessed to the murder, mostly men but including a few women.

But in doing so, two other people had confessed to the crime.

In the first place, I happen to know that no less than eight different people have already confessed to this murder.

Such interrogators use different kinds of techniques and questions in order to get people to confess.

But we know that people are only confessing their mistakes in order to perpetuate them.

If these three people, confessed killers, could be believed.

The people outside the cities confess to the traditional religions.