The only thing the case is about is the conduct of the Seattle police and some of its personnel, which, from our perspective, is pretty darn bad. |
the physical and circumstantial evidence the police have gathered. If there's a strong nexus between that evidence and the defendant, dismissing the confession won't necessarily destroy the case against the defendant. |
The reason we have the First Amendment is to protect people who say things other people don't like. |
The statement to the sergeant was made under markedly different circumstances than the two-hour statement several days later to investigators. |
The timing in that particular case was extremely critical. |
There is plenty of historical evidence to show courts are more than willing to believe the police over a black defendant. It is not the stuff of fiction; there is almost a presumption when dealing with police witnesses, that they must be telling the truth, and it makes the work of defending criminal defendants harder. |
There's no way they can show she didn't end her own life. |
They have a strong presence in Asia, specifically China and Australia. China and India are driving a lot of commodity demand. |
Three years into American involvement in Vietnam they were up to 500,000 troops in-country and there probably were already a million who had returned home. |
We certainly hope they're going to be honest. But we wouldn't expect to see a lot of these people standing up and saying they have some alternative lifestyle. |
When a defendant makes a request for a lawyer, all questioning must stop until a lawyer is on the scene. The fact that Shaw made two requests for a lawyer and was questioned for twenty minutes indicates a violation of his rights, assuming that is what really happened. My understanding is that Miranda does not legitimize a confession obtained by questioning a defendant who has repeatedly asked for a lawyer. |