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Originally Posted by levite
"We have your buddy in the next room, and he implicated you. Want to tell your side?" Seems OK to me.
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That is okay because the cops are not trying to coerce you into making an admission of guilt.
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"If you don't give us the information we want, we'll make sure they take your kids away." Not so much.
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That is not okay because they are attempting to coerce you into making an admission of guilt. No different than slamming your head into the table repeatedly until you scream, "Okay, I did it!!!!"
My 'sea lawyer' knowledge is that a suspect isn't threatened with jail. He is advised of the charges he faces and the maximum jail sentence that can be imposed. That sentence could be reduced
if he agrees to sing.
Of course, everything I've just said I learned from Law & Order, so I could be mistaken, but T's must be crossed and I's must be dotted, otherwise, a good defense lawyer will eat them alive.