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If you are an entirely innocent party, it would seem unlikely that something you could have said would incriminate yourself This is, uh, naive.
by DoreenMichele 3y ago
If you are an entirely innocent party, it would seem unlikely that something you could have said would incriminate yourself
This is, uh, naive.
- listenallyall 3y agoYou are correct, I wrote these words hastily. I can't change the post at this point but I entirely agree with you and recognize parts of my initial post are not accurate.
- davidwritesbugs 3y agoIt's something lots of people think. "Hey, I'm innocent what's the harm in talking to the police?" and that can go badly wrong, an innocent response or poor phrasing of a reply or a manipulative question from a cop can look /really/ bad iin front of a jury. It's why every defence lawyer says don't talk to cops - period - not even to confirm you breath oxygen.
- listenallyall 3y ago100% agreed, and this, obviously, can have very serious consequences, which is why it was important to me to correct my earlier error.
- DoreenMichele 3y agoThe plot behind My Cousin Vinny. Two people from out of town are arrested, one thinks they are being arrested because he unthinkingly pocketed a can of tuna or something when his hands were too full to carry it all to the register and owns up to "I did it!" before knowing what he is confessing to, the other in shock repeats "I killed the clerk?" instead of rebutting it, which is taken as a confession rather than a baffled and shocked query.