TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's something that feels illegal to know?message-squaremessage-square308fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down17
arrow-up1274arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something that feels illegal to know?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square308fedilink
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year ago You don’t have to invoke the fifth amendment in order to not speak with police courts have found that simply being silent can be a confession. you must explicitly state you are exercising your right to be silent.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoYes, absolutely. You do have to say that. You don’t have to expressly invoke the fifth amendment. You have to invoke your right to be silent. These are two separate things.
minus-squareIm14abeerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWhich is absurd when the right is to be silent.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoyour right against self incrimination includes a right to be silent. it’s not separate: it’s inclusive
courts have found that simply being silent can be a confession. you must explicitly state you are exercising your right to be silent.
Yes, absolutely. You do have to say that. You don’t have to expressly invoke the fifth amendment. You have to invoke your right to be silent. These are two separate things.
Which is absurd when the right is to be silent.
Welcome to the US justice system.
your right against self incrimination includes a right to be silent. it’s not separate: it’s inclusive