Quote Originally Posted by David Merrill View Post
I like order in the universe - universal natural law if you will. It sounds as though Allodial accepts some kind of a rendition of the same too. Therefore we attribute a meaning to the cop saying and behaving the way he did.

My gut reaction based in this premise is that the attorney is an officer of the court. Therefore hiring an attorney is itself confession to a crime, to an officer of the court. In other words the judge he would be confessing to is just another attorney.
Hiring an attorney might be also clue that you are going to argue rather than settle. Also, keep in mind that in some jurisdictions, cops are delegates of a State Attorney General (i.e. attorney at bar in the employ of such State). That might put an interesting perspective on the topic.