Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes October 2011 - Less Wrong
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As any decent defense attorney will tell you: if you're accused of something you didn't do, this is still an extremely bad approach.
Definitely. If questions arise you should always point others back to your attorney! ;)
For a defendant, lying is the only thing worse than telling the truth. Telling the truth is still often a terrible idea, particularly for a person accused in the formal American legal system.
(Edited to change meaning to what I originally intended but typed incorrectly. Original words were "For a defendant, the only thing worse than lying is telling the truth," but the above is what I had intended.)
Don't defence attorneys (at least in the USA) heartily recommend shutting up as opposed to lying?
Yes.