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January 10, 2007, 11:39 am PST
System "broken"?
Quote From: nanastolpThese false confessions would be not be so easy for the police to obtain if more people were educated on what their rights are.
People don't realise that they do not have to answer the police questions if they do not care to. First they should ask if they are being charged with a crime at that time. If not, they can get up and leave right there and then.
If they are being charged with a crime, they still have the right to have a lawyer present. Once this request is made the interrogation should come to an end right there.
Now if the police do not stop the questioning right there, then the person being questioned, should not say another word except for requesting that they want to leave or want a lawyer present. If they are put into a position like this, as soon as possible, they should let their lawyer know what took place.
It's surprising how many people do not know there legal rights when it comes to police interrogations.
Stay strong & don't let them trample on your rights! "Wifeofacop" previously stated she believes it's not the "cops" that are at fault, but rather the "system is broken". I asked her, what do you mean "broken" for in my view the system is as good as the people in it, and your explanation of "the system", that is the right not to answer and the right to get up and walk away if you are not charged with a crime, and the right to legal counsel if you are, seems like a very good "unbroken" system to me, and cops who deliberately choose to flaunt this system by not abiding by it are indeed, very wrong in their actions, and that just shows how it's done with "people" not "systems". a system is absolutely NOTHING without people to populate it and bring it to life.
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