Its not a pick or chose thing. The right to remain silent was put in the constitution so that law enforcement couldn't trick people or use violence to make people confess to a crime they didn't commit. It was also put in place so people would know what crime they were being charged with. Baby Lisa has rights, no one can prove her parents violated her rights or the parents would lose their freedom. I think the parents should do the interviews, but I also think they have the right not to do them. What rights should be taken away from someone before they are found guilty of a crime or even charged with committing a crime? Should they be thrown in jail until the police are satisfied? Should they be forced to do whatever the police want until the general public thinks they are innocent? By defending the rights of one person, you defend the rights of all people. You can't use force to make someone talk, using any form of that would make confessions come from people who aren't guilty of crimes. The founders knew the system would be flawed, but they also believed everyone had rights. I am not sure what rights people want the parents to lose I mean what can you do to them? You can have opinions but with no evidence you can't just start hauling people into jail until they do what you want them to do. The parents have been interviewed, they consented to searches, they have the right to remain silent, they are exercising that right. I don't personally agree with the choice they are making but I think they have that right. by thinking that I do not believe their rights are more important then Lisa's rights that is not a fair judgment. They are two separate issues and if it is found that Lisa's rights were violated by her parents, then they will be punished. People's rights have been abused to much in this country's history for it not to be important everyone has them. Ask someone whos rights have been violated how important they are, research a country that doesn't give their people rights and see how justice is served. I will stand up and fight for the rights of children but I do not think rights should be taken away from anyone until I am shown they did something deserving of losing their rights.
There's nothing that I know of in the constitution that states they have the right to be questioned together as boyfriend/girlfriend.
They're not being forced by LE to do anything that violates their rights, they can have an attorney present. LE hasn't threatened them, hasn't forced them, they've said they still need to speak with them, they refuse. They can keep refusing and go on the rest of their life refusing, LE hasn't ever said otherwise.
So even if it means that LE can't go any further we'll all just give a big cheer for the parents exercising their rights to never answer another question that could possibly lead to finding their child. Yippee
Claims that their rights are being violated is a straw man argument. JMHO