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Scott in Houston wrote:Had Zimmerman waited for a lawyer, he'd still be a free man today. There was no conviction because there were not enough facts to convict. The fact that he spoke early and without a lawyer isn't why he was exonerated.

JALLEN wrote:The main reason is that what you say can be sued against you, but what your lawyer says to the police can not. What the lawyer tells them will be hopefully after getting your version, sorting out the emotional and the confused from the factual, and no risk of an emotional blurting out of something in a way that worsens the situation. If they trick your lawyer, that isn't used against you. "The investigation is ongoing and not all the facts are yet known, etc."

I have not been in the situation but I can imagine that you, in the immediate aftermath of an incident, might be over wrought, maybe a bit less that clear thinking, unable to grasp all the nuances of questions you might be asked. I've had clients who couldn't give a decent explanation of an incident that was calm as could be, no alarm, etc they just can't think straight under the slightest pressure.

You are not trying to hide the truth here, but merely to avoid stating truth in terms more damaging than needs be.

Jumping Frog wrote:My strategy hasn't changed, and I think Zimmerman did himself a disservice by speaking without his attorney.