@TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agoWhat's something that feels illegal to know?message-square271fedilinkarrow-up1285
arrow-up1285message-squareWhat's something that feels illegal to know?@TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square271fedilink
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish9•7 months 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-squareDrusaslinkfedilink8•7 months 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-square@Im14abeer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoWhich is absurd when the right is to be silent.
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months 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