"The Unsuspecting Nature of Grief" by Jessica Phillips
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Re: "The Unsuspecting Nature of Grief" by Jessica Phillips
As per your second and third paragraphs, here's my advice to everyone: always invoke your right to counsel. Like, seriously. I think the whole, "You have the right to an attorney," spiel sometimes gets glossed over and people just take it for granted without even recognizing what it means. Don't let that happen to you!!
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So true. Although, sadly, in the book I mentioned, often the innocents were also victims of incompetent or uncaring public defenders.zeldas_lullaby wrote:Hey, thanks for agreeing with me!
As per your second and third paragraphs, here's my advice to everyone: always invoke your right to counsel. Like, seriously. I think the whole, "You have the right to an attorney," spiel sometimes gets glossed over and people just take it for granted without even recognizing what it means. Don't let that happen to you!!
Apparently, some people confess just to end the interrogation, trusting that the DNA evidence will quickly exonerate them. And apparently, DNA sometimes isn't processed for years, or is ignored, once they have a confession.
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Anyone out there do criminal law and want to confirm or deny this?
-- 09 Jun 2015, 22:46 --
You raise another good point: do not confess to end it! Please, it won't end your woes. Request a lawyer!
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You may be right that a forced confession won't stand in court. Many of the cases in the book I read were older, and the interrogations were not taped or, in some cases, even recorded. Perhaps things are different now.
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Actually, coerced confessions will hold up. This is why you should ask for a lawyer!!
-- 11 Jun 2015, 21:10 --
Thank you for letting me clarify that!!
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