Should You Put A Suspected Terrorist Behind Bars?

Should you lie in a case whether you know that there is no evidence to dispute what you said and to do ? So you will put a suspected terrorist behind bars ? I believe that the ethical and legal consequences of your actions will be too great in doing so . You have sworn to uphold the law , but you are deliberately breaking your oath . Both as an officer of the law and a moral person you cannot follow the instructions in your partner to lie about the methods he used in order to get the code to deactivate the bomb . Unquestionably , if I were put in this position I would not follow my partner's instructions . If I were to go to allow with his story I would break the Fifth Amendment which prohibits police coercion . This amendment protects all people on …show more content…
The supposed code to deactivate the bomb could possibly not work . The evidence against him could be circumstantial and he was at the right place at the wrong time . Which would call into questioning the story you both told . Additionally , the legal consequences of lying are that I may get away with it short term . Later on , the police department may investigate because the severity of the wounds of the suspect . They may notice there are no or very little wounds on the officer and that there are no defensive bruises on the suspect . They may even investigate his previous case to see if there is a pattern of his history where he claims / claimed suspects were getting aggressive during an interrogation . During this time , he would be unable to continue working pending the outcome of the investigation . Which in the trail of the suspected terrorist against him will most likely be thrown out ? By telling the truth my partner would be either put on academic leave or would have a struck against him on his record but it would deter others from doing the same or him from repeating his actions