Right To Remain Silent
Your right to remain silent is probably one of the most well known rights we enjoy as Americans; yet, at that time when that right is most important, nobody asserts it. In fact not asserting and remaining silent is better than giving a false statement thinking that is going to get rid of the cops. It’s just not true. Your right to remain silent rises and falls with you everyday. The belief that the more you cooperate by way of giving all the facts surrounding your pending arrest just following the very arrest that triggered the police contact is a risky idea. If you may be guilty of something, most likely those cooperative statements are going to bring you down by a DA or jury. If you think it is a good idea to lie than you may have been better with the truthful, cooperative statements when you get to jury and the different jury instructions you could run into. The best thing to do is exactly what the right says you can do: Remain silent; yet, polite about it!
