So, the 5th amendment just got shat on.
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/court-silence-can-be-used-against-suspects Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law. And anything you don't say. Heads I win, tails you lose. |
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uhh ...
... ... ... ... ... There that says it. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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We're still innocent until proven broke.
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There it is!
-- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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the OJ rule
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep |
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Yeah, it's not the way most people think it is
[...] "The prosecutorial use of such silence compels the defendant to be a witness against himself because it leaves him no avenue to avoid to avoid incriminating himself. If he speaks, his words can be used against him; and if he refuses to speak, the prosecution can argue that his silence is evidence of guilt." [...] http://blog.simplejustice.us/2013/04/14/should-silence-convict/ But wait, there's more! "At trial, Boucher testified about the demand for a lawyer and the prosecutor argued – as feared pre and post-Salinas – that the request for a lawyer was indicative of guilt." http://apublicdefender.com/2013/08/27/asking-for-a-lawyer-is-not-evidence-of-guilt/ |
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Catch-22 rings a bell.
Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
So, the 5th amendment just got shat on.
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- Aug. 17, 2014, 06:21:04 PM EDT
uhh ...
- (folkert)
- Aug. 17, 2014, 06:57:33 PM EDT
We're still innocent until proven broke.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Aug. 18, 2014, 09:56:16 AM EDT
There it is!
-NT
- (folkert)
- Aug. 18, 2014, 12:18:31 PM EDT
the OJ rule
-NT
- (boxley)
- Aug. 18, 2014, 12:21:56 PM EDT
Yeah, it's not the way most people think it is
- (dmcarls)
- (1)
- Aug. 18, 2014, 10:36:47 PM EDT
Catch-22 rings a bell.
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Aug. 19, 2014, 04:43:00 PM EDT
