Understanding the 5th Amendment
The Fifth Amendment protects people from having to testify against themselves. Therefore, the prosecution must use evidence and witnesses instead of the testimony of the accused person to convict them. The point of the 5th Amendment is to protect people from saying something incriminating. However, people who invoke this right and refuse to say anything are often thought of as guilty or have something to hide. It seems that either way you are doomed because if you talk, you could mistakenly say something that could be used against you but if you do not, people assume you are guilty. If you do decide to talk to the police, you could make mistakes when explaining where you were at the time of the crime or you could be tricked into saying the wrong thing, and those statements could lead to you being convicted of a serious crime.
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- Published in Criminal, Criminal Defense, Moral Terpitude
Why a Person Should Never Speak to The Police
As stated eloquently by Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, “Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to the police under any circumstances.”
A criminal defense attorney would be a fool to ever let his client speak to the police. One of the foremost experts, Professor James Duane, lectured upon reasons why people should never talk to the police. Our office is very thankful that he has allowed us to put these ideas on our website and we have included his 45-minute video presentation that explains why a person should never speak to the police under any circumstances whatsoever along with his lecture on: “You Have the Right to Remain Innocent.” We recommend that you purchase his book “You have the Right to Remain Innocent” as well. We also tell anyone who calls our office to “never talk to the police.”
In our law practice, we comprised some examples of when our clients spoke to the police before retaining our office. It is of our opinion that of all the things that we have placed on our website, if a reader only looks at this one section of our website, then that would be more important than anything else we have posted. NEVER SPEAK TO THE POLICE.
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- Published in Criminal, Criminal Defense, Moral Terpitude