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Police will never use a statement you made to prove your innocence, only your guilt. Talking to them does nothing.
Michael Dixon was arrested after getting off a bus on his way home from work. Police suspected he had broken into a nearby jewellery store. He did not resist arrest and instead went to the station. They held him and interrogated him for 3 days telling him to confess as they had him on tape and he would be going away for a long time. He repeatedly told them his alibi but police never once investigated it. They just kept trying to force a confession from him.
Only when Dixon requested to contact a lawyer was he immediately released and later won a $126,000 lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment.
Don't talk to police. They don't care. Talk to a lawyer.
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