The right to request representation by an attorney during police questioning is an essential part of due process rights in the United States. In Louisiana, however, the state Supreme Court just allowed police to get away with negating those rights by willfully misinterpreting a bit of slang that a suspect used during his request for […]
![Louisiana police, courts deny due process via willful misinterpretation The constitutional rights of the criminally accused, including due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must be preserved.](https://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the_constitutional_rights_of_the_criminally_accused-100x100.png)