>Given the facts available to them, Detective Box is almost
>more concerned with actually trying to help Nas than Stone is.
>If you legitimately believe he did it (which Box has no reason
>not to,) the best thing for him is to confess. And he's not
>wrong about Stone maybe not really having his best interests
>in mind.

Don't drink the Kool-Aid, bro. Box isn't trying to help anyone but himself. By eliciting a confession, he gets credit for putting away a 'murderer', curries favor with the D.A., and avoids a lengthy trial. Naz confessing does nothing but make Box's life easier.

And, even if he was guilty, confessing WOULD NOT be in his best interest. NY isn't a death penalty state, so he'd be looking at a life sentence either way. Say it gets reduced to manslaughter or somethin' like that (OKP Lawyers can break this down better than me), he'd still be looking at 10-30 years. Any way you slice it, he'd be better served letting this play out in court.