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Exercising Your Right To Remain Silent

By Walin & Klarich

?I ?ain?t? telling you nothing.? Believe it or not, the United States Constitution allows you to tell that to any law enforcement agent, when questioned by them! Under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, we all have a right to remain silent! While many of us might have learned about this right in grade school, most times we forget about it and do not exercise it. Chances are most of us have been approached by a police officer, whether it be during a simple traffic stop or for something more serious. During these times, there are several reasons why we might forget to exercise this right when questioned by law enforcement. For example, we might get nervous when approached by the police, many of us have been taught in school that the police are good and so we assume we are doing the right thing by talking to them, or we might think we are being untruthful unless we talk to the police, etc...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).