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if i admit to a felony in a book i write…is that admissible in court? can it be a basis for pressing charges?
How long ago did the deed take place?
Please note that I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the legal profession.
Ultimately, ask your LOR.
what felony did you commit c”V?
Sounds like a bad idea. I’d gander it is admissible, and I’d further advise that even if it isn’t, it lets them know that you did it, so they can go looking for other evidence.
Don’t ask you Rov. Ask your lawyer. Do not ask a Rov to take out your appendix unless he is also a surgeon. The knee-jerk response that some people post to “ask your LOR,” does not help in all cases, unless your LOR advises you to ask your lawyer. My gut tells me you could be in serious trouble if you are writing an autobiographical type book or an article that is about your life and actions. When it is in writing, published, and read by others, you cannot take it back. It might also depend on the felony, whether there was a statute of limitations, etc. If it was murder, for example (chalilah), there is no statute of limitations and you could be arrested and tried. Please speak to a lawyer who is proficient in criminal law. Don’t go to a real estate lawyer (unless the felony involved real estate, maybe).
I thought LOR stood for Lawyer on Retainer.
What about on a forum?
LOL DY.
Thanks, Goq.
`Dont ask your Rabbi and the reason is he might be required to report you to the police himself
However if you go to your lawyer he is not allowed to report the crime as there is a confidentiality agreement between client and lawyer but NOT between congregant and Rabbi
Zahava’s dad- there IS confidentiality (“privilege” in lawyer-speak) between a clergyman and congregant if the clergyman was acting in the capacity of a spiritual adviser at the time of the conversation (as opposed to just having a friendly talk). So a priest cannot be forced to reveal what was said in a confessional and neither can a Rabbi be forced to reveal conversations asked in the capacity of a shaila or other spiritual guidance.
There is confidentiality between a priest and a layman but NOT between a Rabbi and a Layman.
This actually went to the New York State Supreme court. A woman was seperated from her husband and told her rabbi she stopped going to the Mikvah. The Rabbi told the husbands rabbi and lawyer.
The woman sued the rabbi for clerical malpractice and the NY State Supreme court ruled that the rabbi was wrong for what he did, but there is no idea in judaism of confession like there is in other religions. So the woman was out of luck
Hi soliek.
I have no idea why I wrote to ask a LOR. Maybe I have been wanting to use the term and
jumped the gun.
A felony is pretty serious. If you really did a felonious crime, you travel at your own risk. I assume this is fictional.
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