The second reason is people accused of sex offenses generally, foolishly implicate themselves when they talk to police. Here’s how it typically goes. A man is accused of a sex offense or rape by a woman or by the parents of a child. He denies the accusation. He is shocked. He wants to go talk to police. The police, however, are most likely to believe the accuser.

If the accuser is a child, then the police and Wake County Child Protective ServicesCPS is a division of the Department of Social Services. It generally looks after the welfare of minor children, and may be involved in criminal investigations into illegal conduct that results in abuse or neglect of the children. have a bias in believing that children never lie. This of course is wrong. Children are often confused, or do lie, or are mistaken about who abused them, accusing an innocent man when another man actually did harm the child.

In a panic trying to prove his innocence, the man will agree to go talk to detectives. This will normally happen over a few weeks, as detectives interview the man repeatedly about the incident. Two things can happen. First, in denying he did anything, the man may make statements that place him in the area where the girl was. In other words, the man way actually admit to being around the girl.

Second, in denying he did anything, each time the man may say slightly different things. That’s natural: most people do not tell the same story exactly the same way each time.

These “inconsistencies” will be used to show that the man was “lying.” And later at trial, the prosecutorA District Attorney is the represented of the State, usually elected by the people of a judicial district, to prosecute crimes on behalf of the State. The Wake County District Attorney is Colon Willoughby, Jr. A District Attorney usually has a staff, including assistant district attorneys who are the actual prosecutors who handle most of the day-to-day caseload. will make a big deal about how the man’s story changed over time.

The best way to handle such accusations is to find a sex offense lawyer in Raleigh, Cary or Apex as soon as possible. If you’re contacted by police, the best advice is to tell the police that you are as pleased as can be to talk to them, but your lawyer has asked to be there during the questioning.