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  • Unpossible! Hollywood gives bad advice in self defense scenarios!

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 11 15:35:08 2025
    Fiction isn't fact? Say it ain't so.

    When the heroic defense attorney busts into the interrogation room,
    forcing the cops to stop questioning the suspect (who under ideal
    circumstances might assert self defense), it's not how it works in real
    life! Who knew you can't get proper legal advice from idiot screenwriters?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKwxM_jU_A

    Next, someone will claim that defense attorneys on cop shows know
    absolutely nothing about defending their clients rights.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Sun May 11 20:39:42 2025
    On May 11, 2025 at 8:35:08 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Fiction isn't fact? Say it ain't so.

    When the heroic defense attorney busts into the interrogation room,
    forcing the cops to stop questioning the suspect (who under ideal circumstances might assert self defense), it's not how it works in real
    life! Who knew you can't get proper legal advice from idiot screenwriters?

    It's always hilarious when someone who hasn't asked for a lawyer has one show up and start ordering everyone around. If the suspect has been Mirandized and waives, that lawyer can sit in the lobby all day. He/She has no right to even be present in the room, let alone tell the cops what they can and can't do.
    And most cop shops have significant security between the public and the detectives' work space, so no lawyer could physically walk into an interrogation room unless they'd been specifically buzzed through and escorted back, something that won't happen if the suspect hasn't asked for an
    attorney.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun May 11 22:02:19 2025
    BTR1701 <[email protected]> wrote:
    May 11, 2025 at 8:35:08 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]>:

    Fiction isn't fact? Say it ain't so.

    When the heroic defense attorney busts into the interrogation room,
    forcing the cops to stop questioning the suspect (who under ideal >>circumstances might assert self defense), it's not how it works in real >>life! Who knew you can't get proper legal advice from idiot screenwriters?

    It's always hilarious when someone who hasn't asked for a lawyer has one show >up and start ordering everyone around. If the suspect has been Mirandized and >waives, that lawyer can sit in the lobby all day. He/She has no right to even >be present in the room, let alone tell the cops what they can and can't do. >And most cop shops have significant security between the public and the >detectives' work space, so no lawyer could physically walk into an >interrogation room unless they'd been specifically buzzed through and escorted >back, something that won't happen if the suspect hasn't asked for an >attorney.

    The video pointed out that any lawyer doing that would be sharing a
    cell with his client.

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