Can You Tell Me The Difference???

i think what they were trying to say was that for one to become a suspect.. you have to know and are able to identify the person? and since they referred to this person as a subject of interest means, they can start their hunt for the "suspect". now that's hard to differentiate! ha ha geeshhhh

I could be wrong, since my only knowledge of the law comes from tv. But, I think a suspect is the person they suspect of committing the actual crime. A person of interest may not have committed the crime, but they may know info to lead to the capture of the real criminal. Committing a crime and knowing who committed it are not the same thing. Me robbing a bank isn't the same thing as my brother robbing it and me knowing about it. I don't know how it works that someone caught on camera robbing a bank isn't a suspect. But, I think possibly the police may say someone is a person of interest rather than a suspect (even if they think the person did it) because it doesn't sound as bad. A person may be more likely to come forward and talk to the police if they don't think they're a suspect. Or friends and family might be willing to talk if they hear "person of interest" rather than "suspect in a crime."

I don't know the exact official difference and I think it may be different in different places. I checked online and found this which written by an American lawyer: "The term “person of interest” was coined to mean someone the police cannot currently charge with committing a certain crime but about whom they continue to diligently watch and investigate in order to access the proof they need to either charge them with the crime or at minimum require that they involuntarily answer questions related to the crime." http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/criminal-defense-case/person-interest-vs-suspect%C3%A2%C2%97what%C3%A2%C2%92s-differ So according to this it means the same thing but just sounds nicer.

I think that a suspect s someone who the police thinks to be the culprit of the crime. I think that a person of interest is someone who could be incorporated into the crime as an accessory to it or as a mastermind, being a person that wasn't in the scene of the crime or wasn't near it at the time. Being a person of interest means you can still roam free but you will be investigated until you are a suspect or convicted if you were really involved. If you are a suspect, tight eyes are thrown at you and they give you boundaries such as you can only go as far as these premise allows and you cannot go anywhere except work and home and groceries. If you do decide to do something else then inform the police because if you do anything suspicious then you are taken into custody :D

Well, I am interesting..........I am not a suspect tho... Snap ! makes a big difference !

Will that "person of interest" be summoned, interrogated etcetera? If that's the case, I don't see any difference with the word suspect, it's all the same, it is just mere description. A suspect is based on suspicion that the person has committed a crime, unless they have substantial evidence, the person remain a suspect and not a perpetrator.