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From the Fox News article: According to the Raleigh News & Observer, Evans, along with Matt Zash and Dan Flannery, are the only players known to have talked to police after the stripper reported she was sodomized and sexually assaulted.

This is exactly why I said from the beginning that, even if you are innocent, you should not talk to the cops. Nothing good can come from doing so. Cops/prosecutors will twist, misconstrue, and lie about what you said to them if is serves their purpose. You don't talk to them and there is nothing to twist,misconstrue or lie about.

It is also why you do not submit to requests for DNA if you are innocent. If you are innocent, there is no reason to submit to such a test without a search warrant. If one is issued, you move to quash it. Screw the public perception of refusing to 'cooperate'. you simply say there is nothing to cooperate with because you did not commit a crime and didn't see a crime committed. END OF STORY!!!!

If these three had not talked to the cops, they likely would not be indicted. If the rape/sexual assault charges are dropped, don't be surprised if Nifong goes after them for making false statements to a cop. If you don't talk, you can't make a 'false statement'.

If Libby had refused to 'cooperate' with Fitzpatrick, he would not have been indicted.Libby had no legal duty to discuss anything with Fitzpatrick. Should have simply told Fitzpatrick he didn't do anything illegal and wish him well in getting an indictment.

He who has ears, let him hear.

This is exactly why I said from the beginning that, even if you are innocent, you should not talk to the cops. Nothing good can come from doing so. Cops/prosecutors will twist, misconstrue, and lie about what you said to them if is serves their purpose. You don't talk to them and there is nothing to twist,misconstrue or lie about.

I can see where they were coming from though: "If I just tell him this one thing, surely they will see we're not guilty."

This is exactly why I said from the beginning that, even if you are innocent, you should not talk to the cops. Nothing good can come from doing so. Cops/prosecutors will twist, misconstrue, and lie about what you said to them if is serves their purpose. You don't talk to them and there is nothing to twist,misconstrue or lie about.

Most of the time, I have to agree with you.

I used to have so much respect for law enforcement. I naively trusted the authorities --most especially cops, judges, and juries to come up with...well, justice.

But some nasty personal experiences (fortunately of relatively minor consequence for me and mine), and cases like this latest truly ABSURD indictment of David Evans, have soured me on our law enforcement and justice systems. (Thanks to Karl Rove for the word-of-the-day, "soured.")

All too often, police do not pursue real offenders, but rather innocent citizens who just happen to be convenient targets for ticket quotas; or much worse, innocent citizens who happen to be in the crosshairs of a prosecutor conducting a political witchhunt.

And I no longer trust courts --including judges and juries-- to pursue justice.

So instead of teaching my sons to look at police as friends of the innocent, or to our courts for justice, I've sadly had to teach them something very different.

And that is this: My sons, if you're stopped by authorities, for whatever reason, even if you're 100% innocent, don't volunteer any information.

There's too great a chance that --just as you say-- "Cops/prosecutors will twist, misconstrue, and lie about what you said to them if is serves their purpose. You don't talk to them and there is nothing to twist,misconstrue or lie about."