That's what they are going for. It's not going to help the father's career as an attorney that he helped craft a lie.
FOTFL! Yep, he's on his way to a great career as a defense attorney. Forget being a judge.
The father said he would waive his rights, but now this girl is saying that if they ask him a question he doesn't want to answer, he can say no?
What the HELL kind of legal system is this?