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MasoTey
Since: Jan, 2001
13th Apr, 2016 01:56:55 PM
This almost sounds like a Missing Supertrope of The Perry Mason Method.
Kayube
Since: Jan, 2001
13th Apr, 2016 02:27:47 PM
Motive Rant is what the actual confession tends to involve.
Do we have this: The investigator confronts the suspect with a piece of irrefutable evidence against him. The suspect immediately breaks down and explains the entire crime in detail. (Where in real life, the suspect would lawyer up and start thinking of a creative defense). Happens in many Sherlock Holmes stories (The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is a good example), and occasionally in Law & Order episodes.