system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If you walk into a police station and confess to a crime but there is absolutely no evidence linking you to that crime other than your word, can you still be convicted?
gpt
Sure, but probably not for what you confessed to.

In all likelihood, the only way that you're going to serve time for the crime is if you offer some proof that you did it, and accept a plea bargain in lieu of a trial.

If, however, there is sufficient reason to doubt your confession, you might be charged with interfering in a police investigation.