{"id":255,"date":"2013-02-11T05:16:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2013\/02\/why-police-lie-and-how-it-can.html"},"modified":"2013-02-11T05:16:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:16:23","slug":"why-police-lie-and-how-it-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/why-police-lie-and-how-it-can\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Article discusses why police officers lie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, the New York Times Opinion Pages posted an article titled, “Why Police Lie Under Oath”<\/a>. Police lying under oath is both surprising and dangerous. <\/p>\n

While the New York Times Article discusses the issue regarding drug cases, which is particularly current in light of the Massachusetts drug lab scandal, police deception also can occur in other types of cases, such as drunk driving arrests. In a Massachusetts OUI arrest<\/a>, a police officer lying could take one of two forms; a complete fabrication of what occurred or an embellishment, adding a few details in the report that cannot be verified, that someone appeared unsteady or had trouble with balance getting out of the car. Both types of fabrication undermine the integrity of police officers and it is the job of the defense attorney to point out these fabrications to the jury. <\/p>\n

Typically, many people often equate the word “defendant” with “guilty” by the mere notion that a defendant is charged with allegedly violating the law, something for which they need to defend. Likewise, we view and trust our law enforcement officers to serve and protect-to uphold their oaths of fairness and justice. In a court setting, it is not unreasonable to suspect that a jury and a judge will take the side of the uniformed officer under oath vs. the defendant allegedly accused of a violation of law. This is what makes police lying so dangerous. One lie can ruin a life. So, why would a law enforcement officer lie? <\/p>\n

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Recently, the New York Times Opinion Pages posted an article titled, “Why Police Lie Under Oath”. Police lying under oath is both surprising and dangerous. While the New York Times Article discusses the issue regarding drug cases, which is particularly current in light of the Massachusetts drug lab scandal, police deception also can occur in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui-defenses"],"yoast_head":"\nNew York Times Article discusses why police officers lie — Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog — February 11, 2013<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recently, the New York Times Opinion Pages posted an article titled, "Why Police Lie Under Oath". 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