(a) What’s wrong with sounding like a defense lawyer? They fulfill a useful function in a country with a “justice” system as fucked up as the US.
(b) Would you give the same advice to someone who’s being raped or mugged? Just stand right there — you’ll have your day in court … maybe. Eventually.
(c) Screw the swine who shot the guy who was running away, then planted evidence. Hope he spends the rest of his pathetic life rotting in prison, only seeing his family through a thick glass wall. And that the visits get less and less frequent — one day, his wife will mention the better man in her life and shrug. At that point, maybe he’ll hope to get his shoelaces back.