No. It will convey that you are a responsible person who realizes that law enforcement cannot promise anything that prisons are filled with people who were railroaded by well-meaning, vindictive and law enforcement with tunnel vision.

You got Lucky. Factual innocence or factual guilty play less of a role in the exercise of prosecutorial charging decisions than crimes du jour and often depend on where the state or federal government has allocated dollars to combat a particular undesirable behavior. For example, while clean water and air violations can be prosecuted criminally, when congress cut funding the EPA prosecutions ground to a halt.

Luck allows a good criminal defense lawyer who is so prepared to take advantage of a lucky break—should one occur.

No. The police can use statements like I didn’t do it. I don’t know him. I was out of town. I was at work against you to arrive at a date or crime where you neither have witnesses or an alibi.

If they try too, they are misrepresenting their power.

Good lawyers are not book-makers and all cases have individual differences. The job of a good criminal lawyer is to shape the individual differences that make your case different than other cases?

While the law in WI not in federal court allows for the substitution of a judge, good judges are created by good lawyers.

Find one you are comfortable disclosing your most embarrassing secrets. Many criminal allegations can just as easily be characterized as bad judgment. No one goes to a criminal lawyer when all is good in their life.