Don't Talk To The Police

Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Talk To The Police

1. Talking to the police cannot help you.

2. Even if you're guilty, and you want to confess and get it off your chest, you still shouldn't talk to the police.

3. Even if you are innocent, it's easy to tell some little white lie in the course of a statement.

4. Even if you are innocent, and you only tell the truth, and you don't tell any little white lies, it is possible to give the police some detail of information that can be used to convict you.

5. Even if you were innocent, and you only tell the truth, and you don't tell any little white lies, and you don't give the police any information that can be used against you to prove motive or opportunity, you still should not talk to the police because the possibility that the police might not recall your statement with 100% accuracy.

6. Even if you're innocent, and you only tell the truth, and your entire statement is videotaped so that the police don't have to rely on their memory, an innocent person can still make some innocent assumption about a fact or state some detail about the case they overheard on the way to the police station, and the police will assume that the only way the suspect could have known that fact or that detail was if he was, in fact, guilty.

7. Even if you're innocent, and you only tell the truth in your statement, and you give the police no information that can be used against you, and the whole statement is videotaped, a suspect's answers can still be used against him if the police (through no fault of their own) have any evidence that any of the suspect's statements are false (even if they are really true).

8. The police do not have authority to make deals or grant a suspect leniency in exchange for getting as statement.

9. Even if a suspect is guilty, and wants to confess, there may be mitigating factors which justify a lesser charge.

10. Even for a completely honest and innocent person, it is difficult to tell the same story twice in exactly the same way.

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Don't Talk to the Police

Why you should not talk to the police:

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has repeatedly held that police can lie to you during their investigations and there is no remedy for their deception. The prosecutor can use all the evidence the police gather by lying, and there isn't a thing you can do about it.

So, remember these Basic Rules.

1) DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE

2) DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE

3) DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE

4) See, rules 1-3, above.

5) Call a lawyer you can trust, and call immediately.

The best time to call a lawyer is before you are charged! If you get even a hint that you are under investigation, don't talk to anyone other than a skilled criminal defense lawyer.