American legal dramas

ABBAFAN · 10-31-12, 06:05 PM

I have just been watching a tv drama set in an American courtroom. This featured someone acting as prosecutor in the courtroom but then going off to conduct interviews in what must have been a police station with suspects afterwards. Is this tv bollocks or does this happen in the US? In the UK the prosecutor in court has noting to do with intervieiwng suspects outside the court as far as i know. Just wondering.

Platapus · 10-31-12, 06:42 PM

There is nothing preventing a prosecutor from interviewing suspects. It is not commonly done though

eddie · 10-31-12, 08:41 PM

Oh I don't know, I've seen it done on Law and Order UK!!

ABBAFAN · 11-01-12, 08:17 AM

I had heard leading questions are not allowed but when I was a juror there were loads.

Bilge_Rat · 11-01-12, 05:10 PM

In Canada, a prosecutor would interview potential witnesses before a trial to go over their testimony and see how reliable they are before they go into court.

Normally, a prosecutor is way too busy to spend time interviewing suspects. That is best done by the police.

10-31-12, 06:05 PM	#1
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	American legal dramas I have just been watching a tv drama set in an American courtroom. This featured someone acting as prosecutor in the courtroom but then going off to conduct interviews in what must have been a police station with suspects afterwards. Is this tv bollocks or does this happen in the US? In the UK the prosecutor in court has noting to do with intervieiwng suspects outside the court as far as i know. Just wondering. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	There is nothing preventing a prosecutor from interviewing suspects. It is not commonly done though __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Oh I don't know, I've seen it done on Law and Order UK!! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

11-01-12, 08:17 AM	#4
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had heard leading questions are not allowed but when I was a juror there were loads. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

11-01-12, 05:10 PM	#5
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	In Canada, a prosecutor would interview potential witnesses before a trial to go over their testimony and see how reliable they are before they go into court. Normally, a prosecutor is way too busy to spend time interviewing suspects. That is best done by the police. __________________