[DesertRhino]

The term is “suspect”. Person of interest has zero legal meaning except to American women who watch crime shows on TV.

The FBI invented it for Richard Jewell he hero of Atlanta.

[qaz123]

I guess we’ll have to wait for them to fabricate that he’s a right wing zealot, militia member, Klan member, former campaign member and personal aide to the President. Godfather to all of the Trump kids.

Some shit like that.

[freedumb2003]

>>The FBI invented it for Richard Jewell he hero of Atlanta.<<

Like when the M rating became the PG rating. Same meaning different words.

[Ellendra]

I thought “person of interest” could also be applied to someone who was believed to be a witness, or thought to have information related to the case?

[frank ballenger]

The term is “suspect”. Person of interest has zero legal meaning except to American women who watch crime shows on TV.

I am not a woman and I don't watch any current TV (since maybe 1990?) but I avidly watch detective and police DVDs nightly.

I think "person of interest" is silly. When I first heard it I said "Yeah, the cops talked to the guy and he told fishing stories, tales of meeting famous people, told some great jokes---he was really an interesting guy. A person of interest." So dumb sounding a euphemism.