Home burglarized while I was camping
I was burglarized while off camping for a week. While enjoying the beautiful beaches of the Florida panhandle I was hit. The Tv's and stuff like that are easy enough to replace but the heirloom jewelr...
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nickthehunter wrote:
Changed my mind about commenting again. I'll just go with one word - Naive.
You are right about criminals wearing hoodies and sunglasses. They also, however, tend to be, well.... stupid.
If you sit the suspect down and tell him "we have you on video" and show it to him, even if he is wearing a hoodie and sunglasses and a jury couldn't say if it was him or Elvis or the ghost of Christmas past, you have a better than 50% chance of him saying "you got me", "yes", "that's me", or something else where the suspect admits that it is him. Sometimes, they don't even need to see the video.
If they were smart, they'd have a good paying job and realize that it's not worth going to jail over something like that. But they aren't. They forget the whole "You have the right to remain silent" and don't internalize that "everything you say can and will be used against you.". Everything in interview rooms is recorded. A confession like that is all it takes.
Then you tell him that if he writes out what he did and what he took, the Judge will consider that at sentencing. They believe that will help them too. The Judge will consider it, but it won't help them.
Verbal and written confession. Done. It happens more often than not - many times without them even needing or wanting to see the video.
There are a couple of videos on YouTube under "Don't talk to the police". Watch them. Both a lawyer and a police officer explain all of this.
