"For almost 100 years now, England has had the most powerful right-to-silence of any country in the world" No, no, no. The Criminal Justice Act 1994 (fifteen

"For almost 100 years now, England has had the most powerful right-to-silence of any country in the world" No, no, no. The Criminal Justice Act 1994 (fifteen years ago) essentially removed the blanket right to silence in England and Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_and_Wales#Adverse_inferences_from_silence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence_in_England_and... They even changed the wording of the standard arrest caution. Since 1994 the words "You do not have to say anything" are now followed by a rather ominous "...But..."