Re: Fifth Amendment gutted

On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:57:55 -0800, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

The Armed Attorneys, Second Amendment advocates, do a video on a recent
case in which Texas Court of Criminal Appeals narrows rights under
the Fifth Amendment.
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Video from Dec 4, 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P9Hy6BpBe4
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Man is questioned by police for hours. When the questions turn hostile,
he says he needs a lawyer. They keep on questioning him. Then he's
arrested on outstanding warrants and they keep on questioning him.
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Many hours later, he confesses to a terrible crime.
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At trial, the unconstitutionally collected evidence is suppressed.
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The appellate court reversed: He invoked his right at the wrong time.
The opinion is that he wasn't yet being questioned, even though he'd
been answering police questions for several hours.

What was the terrible crime? And since when is a mere confession
enough to prosecute to conviction a terrible crime?

It's been proven that suspects sometimes give false confessions to
terrible crimes, such as pleading guilty to a terrible crime
with the intent to shield the actual culprits from investigation.