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The flow chart makes it clear that there are quite a few different scenarios in which your silence can be used against you in court in the USA too.
by kybernetikos 11y ago
The flow chart makes it clear that there are quite a few different scenarios in which your silence can be used against you in court in the USA too.
- tptacek 11y agoYes, in cases where you don't claim your 5th Amendment privilege. In other western countries, no such privilege exists at all.
- kybernetikos 11y agoThat's not the view of the European Court of Human Rights which apparently said "the right to remain silent under police questioning and the privilege against self-incrimination are generally recognized international standards which lie at the heart of the notion of a fair procedure". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence