In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built the exact same weapon ourselves—and test-fired it.
If he did it. And if he stashed the gun. And then the cops planted a gun. Could he recount the events on the stand and reveal he stashed the gun, thus proving the cops are attempting to frame him?
Bad move. Your right to remain silent doesn’t mean you get to pick and choose which questions you answer on the stand should you choose to testify. Instead he could give plenty of information to his lawyer who could then rabidly attack the planted gun and prove malfeasance.
… in reference to the right to remain silent, that’s wrong. Miranda rights don’t cover double jeopardy so technically they aren’t exactly the same. But effectively they are.
If the judge tells you that your “right to stfu” doesn’t apply in this situation and that you must legally answer the question, then you either answer the question or get held in contempt until you do. And that CAN be held against you.
The court is capable of calling out more than one person. It could send him to prison for the original crime and also charge the police with a separate crime of trying to frame him.
You mean the gun planted in his backpack?
Hypothetically:
If he did it. And if he stashed the gun. And then the cops planted a gun. Could he recount the events on the stand and reveal he stashed the gun, thus proving the cops are attempting to frame him?
This is nonsense. But, hypothetically…
Bad move. Your right to remain silent doesn’t mean you get to pick and choose which questions you answer on the stand should you choose to testify. Instead he could give plenty of information to his lawyer who could then rabidly attack the planted gun and prove malfeasance.
Your Miranda rights and your 5th amendment rights are different
… in reference to the right to remain silent, that’s wrong. Miranda rights don’t cover double jeopardy so technically they aren’t exactly the same. But effectively they are.
if your lawyer tells you to stfu, you stfu. the lawyer is better at lawyering than you 👍
If the judge tells you that your “right to stfu” doesn’t apply in this situation and that you must legally answer the question, then you either answer the question or get held in contempt until you do. And that CAN be held against you.
The court is capable of calling out more than one person. It could send him to prison for the original crime and also charge the police with a separate crime of trying to frame him.
Kinda worked for OJ in a fucked up way.