Reply to post: Re: Blind support

Marcus Hutchins free for now as infosec world rallies around suspected banking malware dev

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: Blind support

"There's a reason we have laws to stop that happening however when in someone else's country they don't apply."

Based on my watching of various US TV crime dramas, once a lawyer is asked for there should be no further questioning. Any verbal evidence gathered once the request for a lawyer has been made is inadmissible unless it's clearly volunteered by the accused. IANAL etc. So is this just Hollywood wishful thinking or actual US law? I find it hard to believe he didn't ask for a lawyer over such a prolonged period of questioning.

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