“If you think they can’t ruin your life without a conviction, you’re a fool.”
I’ll bet you the Duke lacrosse players and Sen. Ted Stevens kept their mouths shut tight. Look what it got them. The truth is, prosecutors can ruin a life under pretty much any circumstances. The odds that they will when I haven’t done anything wrong simply because I spoke freely is miniscule.
You lose. They cooperated fully with all questions. It just didn't seem to matter much, until the very end.