[pefloresjr]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=11574.msg111619#msg111619 date=1422070816]
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/sports...nuing.html

Interesting that the NFl says they have interviewed nearly 40 people, but not, apparently Brady (at least as of his press conference yesterday).

I'm not a prosecutor, but I thought the point was to get the input of all the witnesses first, AND THEN go after the perpetrators, in order to use the witness testimony to pick apart that of the alleged guilty party.
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It depends on the issue.  If the investigator doesn't know enough to ask appropriate questions, information from other witnesses would be needed.  It is almost always better to speak to the suspect as early as possible to get them to commit to their story before they have time to think, confer with other witnesses or a lawyer, or to learn the things other witnesses have said.  Investigators shouldn't generally pick apart a suspect's statement unless it will help get more information or admissions.  The defendant is picked apart during the trial when they realize that their first story has holes in it and they change it for the trial.  That is why the proper legal advice for anyone accused of a crime is to say nothing even if you are truly not guilty.  Invoke your rights and let your lawyer tell the police the facts that clearly show that you are not guilty.  That's a freebie from a prosecutor to my friends here at the Cardboard!  :D

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=11574.msg111619#msg111619 date=1422070816]
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/sports...nuing.html

Interesting that the NFl says they have interviewed nearly 40 people, but not, apparently Brady (at least as of his press conference yesterday).

I'm not a prosecutor, but I thought the point was to get the input of all the witnesses first, AND THEN go after the perpetrators, in order to use the witness testimony to pick apart that of the alleged guilty party.
[/quote]

It depends on the issue.  If the investigator doesn't know enough to ask appropriate questions, information from other witnesses would be needed.  It is almost always better to speak to the suspect as early as possible to get them to commit to their story before they have time to think, confer with other witnesses or a lawyer, or to learn the things other witnesses have said.  Investigators shouldn't generally pick apart a suspect's statement unless it will help get more information or admissions.  The defendant is picked apart during the trial when they realize that their first story has holes in it and they change it for the trial.  That is why the proper legal advice for anyone accused of a crime is to say nothing even if you are truly not guilty.  Invoke your rights and let your lawyer tell the police the facts that clearly show that you are not guilty.  That's a freebie from a prosecutor to my friends here at the Cardboard!  :D

Cheers,
Pete F.