Interviews with fugitives AFTER they were captured

[justins5256]

I wonder why UM didn't do more of these. In the early specials, we saw some comments from Jon Burns and Jerry Strickland after their arrests. Strickland's interview was most memorable as he came across as being very arrogant and claimed he was innocent. Other than these two, I am hard pressed to come up with names of other profiled fugitives who sat for an interview with UM after they were captured. Obviously there would be some legitimate safety concerns in conducting such an interview, but it would have been interesting to hear some thoughts from the criminal's point of view. Just an observation.

[Kane]

Originally Posted by justins5256

I wonder why UM didn't do more of these.

I would think that certain conditions would have to be made in order for UM to do interviews with such people. Chances are, there would have to be a mutual agreement between the show and the potential interviewees before such interviews could be done.

Two other probable factors would be credibility and ethics. If UM were to interview criminals too often, audiences might interpret (or misinterpret) it as the show having a soft spot for the criminals. They might end up believing (rightly or wrongly) that someone at the show has sympathy for the devil, or that such interviews are being done in an effort to boost ratings.

There's an old saying that you are judged by the company you keep. Therefore, the people at UM were smart to do such interviews only sparingly (if at all).