From what I've seen in comparison of Law & Order, Criminal Minds, Bones, to real-life docudramas like The First 48, the detectives in this plane of reality rely more heavily off word-of-mouth and sessions of hour-long interrogation to nab a true suspect and subsequent confession/arrest. The "high-tech" aspect is rarily ever portrayed on-screen.
For whatever reason, it seems if the accused would just adhere to their right to keep silent, they would be released thereafter. In a good portion of cases, real-life murder mysteries are really devoid of DNA evidence and witness testimonials, so most of what it takes to shut the case is to obtain an admission of guilt, rather than trying to press circumstantial scenarios into a court of law.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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