Even though they're usually interviewed by empty-headed CSI models, not cops, few suspects ever seem to ask for a lawyer?
Instead the idiots ramble on and incriminate themselves?
All this within minutes of a clichéd yellow-tinted camera lens and slo-mo cast on the beach.
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I suppose so, just proves that this puerile dung is for 14yr olds?
Even from series one.
H: "Great interview, Frank. We've got him now."
F: "Did you notice? The moron didn't even ask for a lawyer."
H: "Lucky for us, he just broke down and confessed."
F: "Under the stern glare of your sunglasses."
H: "LOL. Are my sunglasses coercive?"
F: "LOL. Did we even read him his rights?"
H: "What, the Miranda thing? Did we? I forget. Anyway, he's guilty."
F: "Everyone has their rights under the fifth and sixth amendments and all that stuff."
H: "Amendments, amendments. ... You know what needs amending, Frank?"
F: "What needs amending, Horatio?"
H: [puts on sunglasses]... "This lousy script."
Lol, that just about sums up this childish and retarded slo-mo show.
shareI noticed that on Csi:Ny, that everyone who gets interviewed just confesses. They get the flimsiest evidence presented to them-and out come the tears. Truly unrealistic. I know many police officers-People are not that cooperative.
shareLol I think the same thing while watching The First 48...stop talking and just ask for a lawyer
shareCrystalcurcio07, I was going to say the same thing! They hardly ever ask for a lawyer on The First 48.
"It's not your looks that keep me here, Peg. It's mine." -Al Bundy
I haven't watched the first 48, but isn't it actual footage of real criminals and real cops? If so, and you're right about them talking without a lawyer, then that makes CSI Miami true-to-life, doesn't it?
shareOk, the thing with not asking for a lawyer is stupid, but unlike CSI and CSI:NY, the CSIs in Miami are actually cops and not just lab people.
So its absolutely fine if they interview suspects.
Not fine without legal representation in a democracy?
It's a poor court system that will allow a 'confession' without legal or audio/video evidence?
If they dont ask for a lawyer, what are they supposed to do? Just let them go? They cant force someone to ask for legal representation.
If its realistic is another question.
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They don't really give district attorneys much of a role. Mostly the ADAs are shown as not wanting to prosecute, only to handle confessions and make plea deals. So obviously the directors/producers don't want distraction from the science aspect of detection.