Leading Criminal Defense Attorney Edward La Rue Reveals Crucial First Step If Accused Of A Crime – Cleveland, OH

Top Criminal Defense Attorney Edward R La Rue, founder of the Law Offices of Edward R La Rue in Cleveland, OH, explains the reasons behind not speaking with the police in a sex crime case. For more information please visit https://www.edwardrlarue.com

Cleveland, OH, United States – August 27, 2020 /MM-REB/ —

In a recent interview, Edward R La Rue, founder of the Law Offices of Edward R La Rue in Cleveland, OH, revealed the reasons behind not speaking with the police in a sex crime case.

For more information please visit https://www.edwardrlarue.com

When asked for a comment, La Rue said, “In a sex crime case, under no circumstances should you ever talk to the police, no matter if you’re guilty, innocent, or lie somewhere in between. Law enforcement has several investigation tactics to pin the blame on their suspect.”

One of these tactics that police deploy is convincing suspects to make statements in exchange for making a deal or plea agreement, or even to grant immunity.

“Simply put, the police do not have the power to negotiate a plea or any other deals or to grant immunity. Yet, they more often than not claim to have this authority – or the ability to put in a good word with the prosecutor who does have this authority – to get their suspects to make a statement or confess,” he said.

La Rue added, “If you’ve been detained by the police, it typically means that they have collected enough evidence against you to make an arrest – and it also means that they already believe you to be guilty. In other words, nothing you say will convince them otherwise. So it’s best not to say anything at all.”

Unfortunately, many people who are innocent of the sex crime being investigated speak to the police for a number of understandable reasons. However, according to La Rue, the police can, thereafter, use details from any statement of that suspect against him/her in the pursuit of a conviction.

When asked for an example, he said, “Let’s say that you speak with the police regarding an incident in which a sexual crime took place. Over the course of the statement, you tell them that you both know the victim and were in the same neighborhood when the incident occurred. Law enforcement could use both of these facts in the statement to help prove that you had the opportunity to have committed the crime.”

Further, by making a statement to the police, it can force the person questioned into always telling the story the exact same way, which La Rue stated could pose difficulties when the case is brought to trial.

“Let’s say that you’ve had to repeat your story twice – once during the trial and before that when speaking with police months earlier. It’s very likely that there will be even minor details that will change in your story with so much time having passed in between. A prosecutor will latch onto any discrepancy in your story and use it mercilessly against you,” he said.

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