Several big characters on the prison door

Be lenient if you confess and be strict if you resist.

Literally understood, "confession with leniency but resistance with severity" contains two aspects of policy meaning: "confession" means that the suspect answers the interrogator's questions truthfully. If you take the initiative to confess, you will be treated leniently: "Resisting" means not answering the interrogation truthfully. If you resist and do not explain, you will be severely punished.

But in fact, this slogan is not consistent with current legal provisions and legal concepts. According to the "principle of statutory punishment" established in the criminal law, the punishment a person receives for a crime can only be consistent with the facts of his crime. A confession or resistance in the face of investigations and investigations by judges is not a fact of the crime, nor does it certainly constitute a crime. Reasons for lenient or severe punishment.