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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:46 PM Aug 2017

Question about the Michelle Carter texting/suicide case, for any defense lawyer who's here today

I understand that there are limits to what she can express remorse about while her appeal is still underway, but would her lawyer have told her she couldn't at least say she was sorry just for sending the things? Would even that be taken as an admission of guilt?

I ask this to try an understand why she has shown self-pity at the trial, but not said anything even along the lines of "I didn't cause his death, but I do apologize for sending the texts" compromise her defense?

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Question about the Michelle Carter texting/suicide case, for any defense lawyer who's here today (Original Post) Ken Burch Aug 2017 OP

I don't think apologizing for the texts generally would be helpful. no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #1

The second part of that is what I suspected. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #2

no_hypocrisy

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1. I don't think apologizing for the texts generally would be helpful.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:51 PM

Aug 2017

If I rear-ended your car and apologized for the inconvenience I caused you, it wouldn't help matters. Anything said that even hints at guilt would not be permitted by any respectable attorney. (An attorney has to protect his/her client from him/herself.)

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

2. The second part of that is what I suspected.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:17 PM

Aug 2017

as to apologizing in the example you offered, it wouldn't resolve the whole situation(you'd still need to either exchange insurance information OR agree between each other that you would pay the repair costs out of pocket), but it would at least be conciliatory.

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