I would think that is because most of the people against whom charges are brought are, in fact, guilty, in which case keeping one's mouth shut is the smarter thing to do.
Think about it this way on the flip side of your statement.
If a person is charged with something no matter if they are innocent or not if they don't need to buy time for a business or another situation most lawyers will advise their clients to shut up even if they have great a case of innocence going on.
Why?
Because the fact remains in order to charge a person the prosecutors must have something good enough that won't get thrown out the first day in court to charge the person in the first place.
So for people to come on here stating will if you are innocent you should be screaming it from the roof tops they have a severe lack of understanding the system.
The possibility exists no matter how small, that a talking client says something that allows them to twist even more their circumstantial evidence whether true or not.
The court room is not always about truth, but about manipulation of agenda's.
By keeping quiet one protects themselves from any chance of manipulation leading into their court room battle.
One is going to have to answer the charges no matter what.
Answer them in court where it counts.
PS. It cracks me up the people coming on here whining about this subject. This isn't about Matt being innocent. HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
The court will decide that.
We all know what is in the DOC's certainly doesn't look good for him. But court room actions isn't about docs, facts, etc.
It is about deals between the lawyers and prosecutors with a bunch of ego's thrown into the mix. LOL!
No matter what you make. All that you can take. Is what you give away. Vince Gill
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