re: #2 Locker

He wasn’t under arrest. He didn’t have to go to the police office. He didn’t have to answer questions.

That is not an excuse. Thats the damn problem. He was asked a question that was obviously self-incriminating in nature, with no attorney present, nor any reasonable expectation that he might need one. An innocent man can be shocked and surprised by this question too.

Also, just because someone didn’t murder someone else with his shotgun, that doesn’t mean he knows whether a third party used it.

Not to mention that matching a shell to a weapon is much more of an art than a science. Those CSI tv shows aren’t realistic.

Police and prosecutors aren’t interested in “the truth.” They only care respectively about making arrests asap and convicting as many cases as possible. They’re like a business in that efficiency is the name of the game. “The truth” is not their problem.

It’s a freaking witness statement, the jury decides what means what.

Juries are so easy to sway, its ridiculous. And that is not just my opinion. Its statically studied and documented.

cracked.com

That article focused on legal defense tricks. But this next one shows how “the good guys” are full of BS too.

cracked.com

(and please don’t judge me for linking to Cracked both times. Its sorta my thing)

re: #4 FemNaziBitch

Like taking the 5th ever works in a defendants favor either?

Oh it does help. It most certainly does.

I always thought it was best to stay silent until one’s attorney is present.

He wasn’t under arrest, and therefore didn’t know he needed one. Thats more or less the point.