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In the Netherlands, you don't 'get one phone call'. You have (since very recently, and only in some cases) the right to talk to 'a' lawyer before you are questi
by roel_v 12y ago
In the Netherlands, you don't 'get one phone call'. You have (since very recently, and only in some cases) the right to talk to 'a' lawyer before you are questioned. Hence, either the police provides you with one if you don't know who you'd like, or the questioning has to wait until your lawyer is present (bar some limits like withing x time, I don't know the procedural rules by heart - how things are actually applied also varies by area).
So if it takes 3 phone calls, so be it.
- dagw 12y agoThe whole "you get exactly one phone call" is largely a movie trope used for dramatic effect. The exact number of phone calls you get is very much dependent on where you got arrested, what you got arrested for and even the mood of the person in charge. But basically you'll generally be allowed to (eventually) make the number of calls necessary to either get a hold of your lawyer or get a hold of someone who can find and call a lawyer for you.