In what circumstances can the "No comment" response be considered suspicious?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Yes i did.- how else would i know it was an advertisement the lawyer was at the bottom to contact and a telephonist.

By reading the banner at the top and bottom? You didn't comment on anything in the article so that's what led me to believe you hadn't. 

[Vertigo Swirl]

Here's another article that isn't an advertisment

http://www.learnliberty.org/blog/advice-from-cops-dont-talk-to-cops/

"Far too many Americans mistakenly think: “If the police want to ask me a few questions, and I know in my heart I have done nothing wrong, surely it cannot hurt to cooperate with them and do whatever I can to allay their suspicions and clear things up.” That attitude is certainly understandable, but it can be a deadly mistake, and it can land you in prison for a crime you did not commit, perhaps for the rest of your life"

[kizzy]

Here's another article that isn't an advertisment

http://www.learnliberty.org/blog/advice-from-cops-dont-talk-to-cops/

"Far too many Americans mistakenly think: “If the police want to ask me a few questions, and I know in my heart I have done nothing wrong, surely it cannot hurt to cooperate with them and do whatever I can to allay their suspicions and clear things up.” That attitude is certainly understandable, but it can be a deadly mistake, and it can land you in prison for a crime you did not commit, perhaps for the rest of your life"

she should have done all she could to help the investigation - not harm it

She was the one who found maddie gone.

Strange how the one who last saw maddie with his proud father moment to prove she was there  answered all his

IMO they wasn't expecting to be made arguidos especially when the thought they was bezzy mates with L N

Wasn't ready with there answers for them both to answer  - as to what happened afterwards. imo

[Vertigo Swirl]

she should have done all she could to help the investigation - not harm it

She was the one who found maddie gone.

Strange how the one who last saw maddie with his proud father moment to prove she was there  answered all his

IMO they wasn't expecting to be made arguidos especially when the thought they was bezzy mates with L N

Wasn't ready with there answers for them both to answer  - as to what happened afterwards. imo

How did she harm the investigation? 

[kizzy]

How did she harm the investigation?

That's what she was told - and did she care....no

[Vertigo Swirl]

That's what she was told - and did she care....no

Given that the police thought she was involved in the disappearance the only way she harmed the investigation was by failing to give them any grounds for arresting and charging her.  Is that what you think she should have done to be helpful?

[kizzy]

Given that the police thought she was involved in the disappearance the only way she harmed the investigation was by failing to give them any grounds for arresting and charging her.  Is that what you think she should have done to be helpful?

If she was telling the truth she had nothing to fear - do you honestly think with the world watching there would have been a miscarriage of justice.

All she had to do was be honest - where as if she had something to hide by all means don't answer them imo

IMO being to lenient and bending over backwards to accommodate them was there biggest mistake.

[Vertigo Swirl]

If she was telling the truth she had nothing to fear - do you honestly think with the world watching there would have been a miscarriage of justice.

All she had to do was be honest - where as if she had something to hide by all means don't answer them imo

IMO being to lenient and bending over backwards to accommodate them was there biggest mistake.

Why do you say “if she was telling the truth she had nothing to fear” when you believe she is hiding something?  If on the other hand she told the truth and had nothing to hide then the investigation into her daughter’s disappearance would not have progressed one millimetre by answering one million questions, never mind 48.

[Robittybob1]

If she was telling the truth she had nothing to fear - do you honestly think with the world watching there would have been a miscarriage of justice.

All she had to do was be honest - where as if she had something to hide by all means don't answer them imo

IMO being to lenient and bending over backwards to accommodate them was there biggest mistake.

Who's mistake?

[John]

If she was telling the truth she had nothing to fear - do you honestly think with the world watching there would have been a miscarriage of justice.

All she had to do was be honest - where as if she had something to hide by all means don't answer them imo

IMO being to lenient and bending over backwards to accommodate them was there biggest mistake.

In all reality I think she was more concerned with the allegations of neglect which Amaral was considering.  She was probably terrified that she would be made an example of and that could have had serious repercussions for any future career.  By extension you could apply the same argument to O'Brien and Tanner who also initially left their daughter alone in the apartment.

[kizzy]

In all reality I think she was more concerned with the allegations of neglect which Amaral was considering.  She was probably terrified that she would be made an example of and that could have had serious repercussions for any future career.  By extension you could apply the same argument to O'Brien and Tanner who also initially left their daughter alone in the apartment.

Yes i think you are right there John - spot on

IMO reputation /career have always come first.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Yes i think you are right there John - spot on

IMO reputation /career have always come first.

All supposition, based on little more that antipathy towards the parents.

[kizzy]

All supposition, based on little more that antipathy towards the parents.

Well if that's what Vertigo thinks.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Well if that's what Vertigo thinks.

That is my opinion yes.

[Carana]

I have never been in a situation where I felt that I was in danger of being stitched up in a foreign country.

If my lawyer had advised me not to answer, I might well have taken that advice, although I doubt that anyone can say for sure what they would have done in what is, after all, a hypothetical situation for most of us, and most probably not the exact ciircumstances for any of us who has indeed been in even a vaguely similar situation.

I expect that I've posted this before (a presentation by a US law professor and a police officer on why people should take the 5th amendment).

Don't Talk to the Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE