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Lawyering up
Up in the city, there's a flap about a billboard...it's an ad for a attorney and the billboard states...
"If you want to walk...don't talk"
Some are just outraged and see it as a part of the "stop snitching" crap going on in the country.
But most see it as just an ad for an attorney's services.
So...just asking...if you were being questioned, regardless if you are guilty, innocent, or a witness...would you prefer to talk with or without an attorney present?
Is "lawyering up" really a sign of guilt, like in all the TV shows and movies, or just a sound decision for some to make?
I would like us to keep in mind that we have people here that work in the legal profession themselves or have friends and family that do, and I don't want to be disrespectful at all to those members.
My limited experience with cops has been very good, I was more than happy to cooperate...but once there was this one cop and he really, really left me choice but to request an attorney. I would hope that would be very rare.
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| October 8, 2007, 09:14 |
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pookhabear
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port st lucie, Florida, US
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Re: Lawyering up
One innocent person convicted of a crime is one to many and we know it happens. Criminal justice system can twist things just for a conviction. I would want a lawyer.
On another note I have no use for ambulance chasers. My opinion is ,just my opinion, they are for the most part vultures
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| October 8, 2007, 09:49 |
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Re: Lawyering up
I guess because of my background I would ask for a friend, who is also an attorney, to be there with me for moral support. I do believe the legal system is the best around even if it doesn't always work, it is much more "friendly" than so many around the world. I think in almost any profession there is a hint of corruption but the legal system does seem to have a number of people that lean the wrong way. I will always hope the system would work for me if I ever found myself within it.
I do find that sort of advertising distasteful. Most states have a regulatory department for advertising and I'm certain it falls within the guidlines or it wouldn't be up there. All I can say is...that attorney would be the last one I would call because of the reputation they must have with the authorities. Kind of makes you go  in the face at someone that advertises that way.
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| October 8, 2007, 09:51 |
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Re: Lawyering up
My only negative experience had to do with a car, and the description fit my car...I had heard from friends for months prior to this, that swore they saw "me"...my car over in the next county and some even left me notes on this similiar car, so certain it was me!
I sure understood that when I was stopped and taken in to be questioned, I just wanted to speed things up and get home, so I allowed my car to be searched, my handbag, but...after even allowing my clothes to be searched and left in a cell wearing a jumpsuit, I had to say..."Okay, gimme my clothes and a phone, I just cannot allow all this to continue in this manner, I need to go home"
The cop found absolutely nothing! But he was soooo sure he would or could...he just had the mindset that he was right.
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| October 8, 2007, 10:45 |
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thump
64 / male
Prattville, Alabama, US
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Although I agree that we have the best legal system in the world, it is a system where mistakes are made. I spent most of my adult life in law enforcement, and for that reason I would decline to answer questions and depending on the circumstances ask for a lawyer.
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| October 8, 2007, 12:04 |
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bear
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OHIO, Ohio, US
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I would have to agree, it is better to be safe than sorry. Sad To Say, I would trust the cops before I would trust the lawyer. Seen to many cases of "Good Old Boys" between lawyers. make deals to help themselves with future cases.
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| October 9, 2007, 09:41 |
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