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The 5th Amendment only works if law enforcement honor it. In my case I wasn't given a call to a lawyer and they refused to honor my requests to not speak, repea
by kingcharles 5y ago
The 5th Amendment only works if law enforcement honor it. In my case I wasn't given a call to a lawyer and they refused to honor my requests to not speak, repeatedly. Then they made threats against my wife and I told them to write whatever they wanted and I would sign it.
[counter-intuitively you have to tell law enforcement you don't want to speak, you cannot just remain silent to invoke your right to silence: "The Court held that because Thompkins did not say he wished to remain silent or did not wish to speak to the officers, he had not invoked the right to remain silent." https://www.tdcorg.com/article/invoking-right-to-silence-must-be-unambiguous/ https://www.tdcorg.com/article/invoking-right-to-silence-mus... ]
- ceejayoz 5y agoMake sure you word it exactly right, too. 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... > [When] a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “just give me a lawyer dog,” the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the suspect was, in fact, asking for a “lawyer dog,” and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel.
- kingcharles 5y agoI feel like they should have at least given him a phone call to try to find a lawyer dog. I don't know how many dogs have passed the bar, but in terms of my dog, if you find the right treats she'll do any trick you can think of, and several you can't. The other day someone gave me some organic chewy treats and I showed those to her and she actually filled out my 1099 Form for me and found several deductions I hadn't previously seen.