Short funny

Graham · #1 11-12-2003, 05:05 PM

Don't ask me about the veracity of this, but it's funny anyway...

"Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine.

The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed."

Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid.

brad · #2 11-12-2003, 06:21 PM

yeah like 1 time babysitting they wouldnt behave so i put (unloaded) gun to their heads.

real funny.

Michael Davis · #3 11-12-2003, 07:38 PM

I laughed!

Wake up CALL · #4 11-12-2003, 11:25 PM

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yeah like 1 time babysitting they wouldnt behave so i put (unloaded) gun to their heads.

real funny.

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Why an unloaded gun brad? Wouldn't seeing you slowly insert the bullets one by one have made your threat more effective and intimidating? At any rate I highly recommend that you load your weapons for reasons of personal security.

Oski · #5 11-13-2003, 02:08 AM

When I took criminal procedure in law school, something like the was discussed (on one of the few days I attended). Anyway, such ploy rendered two confessions from two separate suspects. The confessions were ruled out as they violated the suspects' Constitutional rights.

Maybe someone knows more about this, but I remember in my case notes, there were many similar examples.

baggins · #6 11-13-2003, 03:56 AM

i'm curious as to what part of the Constitution this violates?

it seems to me that their bluff worked, and the guy folded.

HDPM · #7 11-13-2003, 11:30 AM

Most such confessions are allowed in. It is involuntary if the suspect's will is overborne, but trickery and deceit are allowed to a great degree. There are exceptions toss in totality of the circumstances, bla bla bla, but for the most part cops can use a lot of deceit. So don't talk the next time they hook you up. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Oski · #8 11-13-2003, 01:47 PM

HDPM: You practice criminal law, right? I was hoping you could answer Baggins' question. I am a civil litigator and am not too interested in looking this up. However, I guess this practice violates the 5th Amendment?

- Anyway, I remember a few cases being right on point, and this conduct was ruled unconstitutional...perhaps just in this narrow application.

John Cole · #9 11-13-2003, 04:16 PM

brad,

I just can't shake the image of the police needing only to procure the copying machine had they wished to interogate you. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

brad · #10 11-14-2003, 01:35 AM

i already have a soliloquy ready for interrogation.

'i am not a number ... i'm a free man ! ' ...