Oh, that's coercing. It's pretty easy to coerce someone into a false confession.
well its pretty easy to find out if it's false banjo, go to where they said, if the victim isn't there then they were lying, I know what you mean but it doesn't answer this particular question.
I admit, I would, if it was like what Jiro said, he/she refused to give up any information, I'd certainly torture them, to death even if they didnt reveal their whereabouts, death wouldn't help, but then you have the satisfaction knowing they wll not sit smugly in a warm prison being paid for by us, and eventaully released.
if someone was as sick as the suggestion, they deserve everythign they get.