{"id":2416,"date":"2021-11-10T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2021-11-04T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:11:58","slug":"taking-the-stand-in-your-own-defense-the-pros-and-the-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/taking-the-stand-in-your-own-defense-the-pros-and-the-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Stand in Your Own Defense\u2014 The Pros and the Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You must know your rights and responsibilities when you&#8217;re about to face a criminal charge. You can choose to remain silent because it&#8217;s your right. You cannot be compelled to\u00a0testify or incriminate against yourself.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s human nature to stand for yourself to explain your innocence if you&#8217;re accused of a crime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taking a stand to defend yourself seems to be the right choice at the time. But it has more cons than pros. Let&#8217;s discuss.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pros for Taking a Stand in Your Defense:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/criminal\/criminal-rights\/what-the-sixth-amendment-guarantees.html\">Sixth Amendment<\/a> of the US Constitution states that every criminal defendant has the right to refuse to testify and take a stand\u00a0for themselves.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can mention your side of the story in your own words.<\/li>\n<li>The emotional range in your voice could be evident and may favor your case.<\/li>\n<li>You know the situation best and can elaborate it more correctly.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll be able to answer the cross-examination questions confidently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cons For Taking a\u00a0 Stand in Your Defense:<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Burden of Proofs<\/h3>\n<p>You have to collect all the possible proof, which can be hard, considering you&#8217;re new at this.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Right Against Self-Incrimination<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You have to preserve your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/criminal\/criminal-rights\/fifth-amendment-right-against-self-incrimination.html\">Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination<\/a>, but when you choose to take the stand, you waive the request for the fifth amendment, which will compel you to answer the prosecution&#8217;s questions.<\/p>\n<h3>Face the Brutal Cross-Examination<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Once you take the stand, the prosecution will get a bit harsh during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/cross-examination.html\">cross-examination<\/a>. Even the most credible and confident defendants can become an unbelievable mess.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2418\" src=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lady-justice-and-a-gavel-on-a-green-table.-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lady justice and a gavel on a green table.\" width=\"786\" height=\"1179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lady-justice-and-a-gavel-on-a-green-table.-1.jpg 786w, https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lady-justice-and-a-gavel-on-a-green-table.-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lady-justice-and-a-gavel-on-a-green-table.-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lady-justice-and-a-gavel-on-a-green-table.-1-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Impression on the Jury<\/h3>\n<p>You have to be very careful as the jury will scrutinize your behavior in search of any signs or indications that you could be lying or if you&#8217;re guilty. This can negatively impact your case.<\/p>\n<h2>What Else Can You Do?<\/h2>\n<p>An affordable bail bonds service that can help you out. As the defendant, you can pay the bail bonds agency a small fee, and the bail bondsmen will pay the court on your behalf and secure the amount from you in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/c\/collateral.asp\">form of collateral.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for an affordable bail bonds service to help you make bail, you&#8217;re at the right place. It would be best if you worked on your defense case as soon as possible. At <a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/about\/\">DeLaughter Bail Bonds<\/a>, we have been serving the people of Indiana with our 24 hours service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us today<\/a> and let us help you too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must know your rights and responsibilities when you&#8217;re about to face a criminal charge. You can choose to remain silent because it&#8217;s your right. You cannot be compelled to\u00a0testify or incriminate against yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/2419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}