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title: "Do I need a Rhode Island kidnapping lawyer if I think the charge is a misunderstanding?"
description: "Yes - especially if you think the charge is a misunderstanding. \"Misunderstanding\" cases are the ones where defendants talk to the police without a lawyer, assume the case will clear itself up, and..."
url: https://bankandmunns.com/faq-items/do-i-need-a-rhode-island-kidnapping-lawyer-if-i-think-the-charge-is-a-misunderstanding/
date: 2026-04-22
modified: 2026-04-22
author: "Bank and Munns"
type: avada_faq
lang: en
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# Do I need a Rhode Island kidnapping lawyer if I think the charge is a misunderstanding?

Yes - especially if you think the charge is a misunderstanding. "Misunderstanding" cases are the ones where defendants talk to the police without a lawyer, assume the case will clear itself up, and end up indicted on words they said during what they thought was a friendly conversation. Rhode Island kidnapping exposure is too high to treat this way. A Rhode Island kidnapping lawyer's first job in a "misunderstanding" case is to stop the conversation, preserve the evidence that supports the defendant's version of events, and present it to the prosecutor before an indictment issues - not after. Bank & Munns has cleared cases pre-indictment that would have become Superior Court felonies if the defendant had kept talking.