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What It's Like To Be...

A Criminal Defense Attorney

What It's Like To Be...

Dan Heath

Curiosity, Jobs, Careers, Business, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Human Interest

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Defending a man prosecuted for breaking into his own house, carrying clients’ burdens, and dispelling a myth about Miranda rights with Mike Panella, a criminal defense attorney from Orlando. IF YOU LIKE THIS EPISODE: Check out what it's like to be a homicide detective, an FBI special agent, or a secret service agent. GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at [email protected] WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions: 1. What’s ...

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0:00.0

Mike Pinella is a criminal defense attorney in Orlando, Florida. I talked to him recently. I told him,

0:05.8

we've all seen a thousand law and order episodes and we think we know what defense attorneys do.

0:12.8

I asked him, what do we get wrong? The Morant, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you

0:17.7

say, I can't tell you how many times someone calls me. And it's always law and

0:22.8

order. Every freaking time it's law. I just had a client, a new client in a use of force case,

0:28.8

call me after they retained me and said, you know, now that I've been thinking about it, I was just

0:32.0

watching Law and Order last night. And they never read me my Miranda rights. There's a true

0:36.9

thing that just happened to me like a week ago.

0:40.3

And it happens all the time.

0:42.7

And to me, it's just kind of-

0:43.4

Wait, is that not true?

0:44.8

No, man.

0:46.1

Nah, that's TV.

0:46.8

They don't have to read you.

0:48.1

We've been lied too.

0:49.5

You've been lied to.

0:50.8

All right.

0:51.3

You ready?

0:52.0

You're ready for the actual rule? Let me break in here and leave you in suspense for one minute. I'm Dan Heath, and this is what it's like to be. This is the show where in every episode, we profile somebody from a different profession. What are the good parts and the bad parts of their job? How did they know the work would fit them? And ultimately,

1:12.4

we're trying to explore the most basic question of human curiosity. What does it like to be someone

1:18.3

else to walk in their shoes? Today, we get to know Mike Pinella, a criminal defense attorney

1:24.5

from Orlando. We'll learn about somebody who got arrested for breaking into their own house.

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