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That’s not the case. If you choose to plead the fifth, the prosecution is absolutely forbidden from bringing that up the courtroom, much less using it to insin
by catiopatio 3y ago
That’s not the case.
If you choose to plead the fifth, the prosecution is absolutely forbidden from bringing that up the courtroom, much less using it to insinuate your guilt.
Any lawyer in the US will tell you not to speak to the police or prosecutor. At all.
- heywhatupboys 3y agoNot true. In the Kyle Rittenhouse case, despite being nationally televised to millions, the prosecutor questioned why he didn't answer questions post arrest
- catiopatio 3y agoAnd the judge immediately halted the trial, reamed out the lawyer as being unimaginably unprofessional, and threatened that he might toss the whole case if the prosecutor ever insinuated something like that again.
- heywhatupboys 3y agoyes, and there is a high chance that with either a less vigilant judge, or a less caring defence (see: public defender), it would not have been stopped. The point is: this case was televised to millions and he STILL questioned it.
- catiopatio 3y agoThe point is that the DA in that case was incredibly unprofessional across the board, and this was just one of many bad decisions he made.