“Wanna go to jail forever, or just a few years? Your choice.”
Tends to be effective. The entire US justice system relies on this dynamic. It cannot handle even a couple of percent of cases making it to trial.
Tends to be effective. The entire US justice system relies on this dynamic. It cannot handle even a couple of percent of cases making it to trial.
Like the could have also seized is electronic devices and just found a copy of the key somewhere.
And I would bet the FBI is not going to say publicly. It could be beneficial to the US Government to have people believe they have the capability to just steal private keys, even if in fact they just negotiated for it.
Ultimately, the point is “once law enforcement has you and your devices in their hands, it’s probably all over”.
I like how the lawyer in this interview doesn't seem impressed by the system he has to work in.
[counter-intuitively you have to tell law enforcement you don't want to speak, you cannot just remain silent to invoke your right to silence: "The Court held that because Thompkins did not say he wished to remain silent or did not wish to speak to the officers, he had not invoked the right to remain silent." https://www.tdcorg.com/article/invoking-right-to-silence-mus... ]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02...
> [When] a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “just give me a lawyer dog,” the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the suspect was, in fact, asking for a “lawyer dog,” and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel.
This is both normal and good. Suggesting otherwise would be ridiculous.
The private key seizure and the arrest happened on the same day (Dec 1).