If they have never been tortured, or locked up and verbally threatened, then in the first violent kick, anyone would confess to something they had not done.
The woman with the glasses had said something that brought Zane back to life.
He had turned numb seeing the hatred but the woman awakened Zane's heart simply by a phrase.
The Emberlord was dead set on killing Zane and so were the people present in the Cathedral.
All of them wanted to see him take his last breaths.
Xavier had tried to stretch the execution by mentioning that they had to find the original relic before killing Zane.
But Coin had refused the idea as the Emberlord said he had means of finding the relic even after Zane's death.
There was nothing left anymore.
But then a hand was raised.
The hand belonged to the woman who had allotted Zane his room.
She had also asked him if he had someone with him.
He had mentioned a maid and the woman remembered that.
