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There's a movie I saw a while back where the main character was being interrogated by police, and in the scene the suspect just kept responding "Lawyer" to any
by _fat_santa 5y ago
There's a movie I saw a while back where the main character was being interrogated by police, and in the scene the suspect just kept responding "Lawyer" to any question they asked.
- HumblyTossed 5y agoThere's a bit of a stigma, in the U.S. at least, that if you ask for a lawyer, you must be guilty. Probably comes from too much propaganda type television. Asking for someone who understands law to come and help you is a very smart move.
- i80and 5y agoIANAL, so take this with the requisite grain of salt, but the justice system has the power to be real dicks about how the right to a lawyer has to be invoked[1]. I would go with a very explicit request for a lawyer. [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02/the-suspect-told-police-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-the-court-says-he-wasnt-asking-for-a-lawyer/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02...
- selimthegrim 5y agoAh, Louisiana, the state that pioneered the right to a jury trial for misdemeanors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_v._Louisiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_v._Louisiana
- aketchum 5y agoThis is absolutely bonkers
- dlbucci 5y agoNot sure if it also happened in a movie, but that's definitely from a scene in Better Call Saul.
- jaywalk 5y agoIf you explicitly tell the cops that you are invoking your right to remain silent and request that your attorney be present, they have to immediately stop questioning you until your attorney is present. But you don't get that by simply being silent, saying "lawyer" repeatedly, etc. You have to explicitly say it.
- namelessoracle 5y agoApparently "I want a laywer dawg" doesnt count.
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