Ethics? Ha! Police CAN lie when they are interrogating a witness. Anything a person says CAN be used against him even if the police sayd it won't be. It's only when the person is in custody, has been given the Miranda warnings, and requests a lawyer that all questioning must stop. That's the theory anyway.
Come on, folks. We like this. If a real criminal starts to talk when he is not in custody and the police promise that his words will not be used against him, wouldn't we want anything incriminating to be used against him? Heck! We'd all be screaming that the slimey criminal got off on a technicality! You know we would.
A sound argument.
But allow me to postulate that police deceit and Nifongery would - perhaps ever so slightly - poison the DriveBy Media's adoration of the prosecution side.
This is based on my theory that this is a "trial by media" rather than a legal proceeding.
MM, I think you are right. I read yesterday that the reason that the suspect in the JonBenet case was not handcuffed in the Thailand airport or on the plane was so the investigator that was escorting him could say that he was not in his custody. Therefore anything he said could be used. They were allowing him to drink several alcoholic drinks during the flight. I guess they were hoping his tongue would get real loose.
Ethics? Ha! Police CAN lie when they are interrogating a witness.
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I think this is what happened. We have the investigators/DPD/DA telling leading media types to believe someone was cooperating - someone from the team. We have Nifong making public statement that after indictments are handed down, he believes the players will be MUCH more willing to talk. Coincidentially, Geraldo, goes on O'Reilly and says that as soon as a player is indicted these pampered, privileged, soft white kids will race into the DA's office to cut deals. Then there's the e-mail (McFayden).
Many former Police such as Ted Williams and Rod Wheeler went on shows and said that sources INSIDE the DPD are telling them that someone is cooperating.
This was all a Pressure campaign to force a weak person to come and effectively, in this case - falsely implicate someone in order to end the pressure and anxiety of that individual.
I think the Midnight protests and all the outrageous Public statements by Nifong were designed to apply pressure and get someone to come into Nifong's realm - the Plea Deal. That's his specialty and the state holds all the cards.
Nifong/Gottlieb could also have been thinking - 3 IDS - regardless of whom - would serve him in his election AND may make those indicted willing to finger someone else in order to save themselves. In other words, the indictsments could have been used as a TOOL to compel some to implicate others on the team. To do what Nifong & company had be unable to do via rumor and public statements.
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