26 ordspråk av Michael Schwartz
Michael Schwartz
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.
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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.
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The reason we have the First Amendment is to protect people who say things other people don't like.
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The statement to the sergeant was made under markedly different circumstances than the two-hour statement several days later to investigators.
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The timing in that particular case was extremely critical.
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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.
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There's no way they can show she didn't end her own life.
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They have a strong presence in Asia, specifically China and Australia. China and India are driving a lot of commodity demand.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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