Cops And Robbers

Sunday's CSI New York episode has the unusual gore involving a just-released ex-con literally chewing off his hand to free himself from being cuffed in an abandoned monestary. The three detectives Stella, Flack and Aiden got prints and leads them to a possible suspect who may have also stolen the SUV parked outside the monestary. The interrogation scene comes and the suspect vehemently denies stealing the SUV but readily admits to the murder in mockingly angry tone.

Later in the story, one of the detectives pondered on the thought that the suspect may have been lying on killing the victim because no one in their right minds would admit to a homicide and deny a theft. So the detectives prod on.

The analysis of the interrogation strikes me more than the entire plot because this is the characteristic all people involved in investigating homicides should have: clear and logical judgement. The CSI episode of course does not in any way generalize the attributes of crime investigators in the US but it presents an argument in whether people handling similarly sensitive jobs are exercising the right values discounting personal merits in closing a case whether or not what they publicly disclose is pure unsoiled truth.

Picture the people purportedly responsible for the bombings. Handcuffed and heads held low. They said to have admitted to the crime but were other circumstances considered and corroborating evidence firmly established and personal gain on the part fo the investigators entirely disregarded? It's the kind of questions just just go around your head everytime you see something which leaves you bothered.

posted by Fritz @ 6:03 AM