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It's a tactic to get them to back off. Telling them you want a lawyer present gives you time to find one before they start interrogating you. Even if you are
by kemiller2002 10y ago
It's a tactic to get them to back off. Telling them you want a lawyer present gives you time to find one before they start interrogating you. Even if you are arrested and you need someone else to find one for you, it stops them from being able to pull unethical/illegal tactics to get you to confess to things you shouldn't.
- pavel_lishin 10y ago> It's a tactic to get them to back off. Telling them you want a lawyer present gives you time to find one before they start interrogating you. I don't think that's accurate. It's not a short-term tactic - it's a strategy. And it doesn't give you time before they start interrogating you - it helps ensure that you don't have to be interrogated at all.
- ghamrick 10y agoI would posit that it is a strategy as well, sort of like calling a bluff. If you have committed a crime, let them charge you. If you yell 'lawyer' and they leave, it is likely you are not chargeable, at least at that time. Might want to google 'lawyers' in the interim though....