raisincharlie said:
I do however can find no logical reason for a lawyer to keep an innocent client from cooperating with LE. Failure to cooperate only draws unwanted attention and it also hinders the investigation IMO. Failure to cooperate also forces LE to spend valuable time trying to determine the persons status that could darn sure be better spent trying to find out who is guilty. That being said, I have no problem with a lawyer being obtained, however when it interferes I have a problem.
There's the caveat - again articulately stated, charlie! Your thoughts play out the reality of it all. Many of us here are the greatest of sleuthers (tongue-in-cheek, lol) due to the abundant crimes, details, trials, juror & novice comments, posts, etc we've follwed in detail. We've learned so much - plus the many tell-tale signs how statistics, repetition & M.O. form the gates into investigations. Indeed, some are fairly open and shut - nevertheless, they're equally as senseless.
This 'experience' has fined tuned that 'gut instinct': if we're to believe that life's experiences are lessons learned, then perhaps we should not 'rule out' a repeat crime from the get-go. Once more I refer to Scott Peterson's absolute arrogant folly as a record example of 'splabbing' off and totally ignoring counsel.
Alistair Mc was so fed up: he WALKED - Geragos swooped in to salvage the farce - but retained A.Mc for NO other reason (imo) other than to pull up some measly crumb of merit in a sure-fire case. i.e.: A.Mk was a prop. MG took over Scott's media-crazy addiction stance. It was too little, too late. Scott had long implicated and incriminated himself.
Well this time around, charlie, I feel Jason's been told to
shut-the-?-up and stay out of sight - one word and that's basically it - the Smith's will walk as A.Mc did. There
has to be something here to protect, investigate, cover-up in order to have time to build a reasonable doubt to combat or counter-attack whatever it may be, with Jason's criminal defense attornies.
Quite right: attention in this type of homicide immediately falls on the existing or most recent lover/spouse. So lawyer up. (But not to extinction...). The same might apply to the person last known to be with the victim - ditto the person discovering the body. In this case - we hear of no lawyering up by Meredith & 'company' - yet these people are key roles in any homicide's first 3 critical aspects. The who, what, when, where & how of:
before
during
after
And the "why" becomes clear once the above has been established in reasonable order.
.... Only Jason's built himself a legal protection manufactured by Fort Knox Inc. And he's being distanced (actions & words unspoken) by Michelle's family.