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Best of Cato Daily Podcast: You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

Apr 30, 2025
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ADVICE

Never Talk to Police

  • Never talk to the police to avoid accidentally incriminating yourself.
  • Wait to consult a lawyer who can safely disclose facts and protect your rights.
INSIGHT

Conviction Biases Harm Innocents

  • The justice system wrongly pressures to convict the only suspect, which harms innocent people.
  • Witnesses' memories falsely strengthen over time due to police influence, increasing wrongful convictions.
INSIGHT

Misconceptions About Silence Rights

  • Justice Scalia saw the Fifth Amendment as only protecting the guilty.
  • Many false convictions involved innocent defendants who chose to remain silent.
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