I read a study (Found here) that looked into why people waive their Miranda Rights. The study found that 89% of the innocent participants waived their rights regardless of the demeanor of the interrogator. This of course makes sense if you didn't commit the crime why would you think you need to keep your mouth shut and wait for your lawyer to show up. You should keep in mind the perspective of the police though even if they are truly putting all their effort into getting the right person for a crime if you are a witness they know that you were at least involved enough to have seen something. Further it would probably be very poor investigative technique to take people at their word that they didn't do something imagine that interrogation:
"Right Mr. Smith we found the hooker's head in your fridge did you kill her?"
"No I did not."
"Really?"
"I did not kill her."
"Alright your free to go, sorry for wasting your time."
Yeah that's not going to happen the message here is of course that if your going to talk to the police exercise those rights you have. It might make you look bad in the short run, but honestly years in prison for a crime you didn't commit is going to look a whole lot worse.
"Right Mr. Smith we found the hooker's head in your fridge did you kill her?"
"No I did not."
"Really?"
"I did not kill her."
"Alright your free to go, sorry for wasting your time."
Yeah that's not going to happen the message here is of course that if your going to talk to the police exercise those rights you have. It might make you look bad in the short run, but honestly years in prison for a crime you didn't commit is going to look a whole lot worse.
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