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Bristish Caution
Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron Started conversation Jun 4, 2001
In the Peer Review dicusion, Zarniroop, posted the following:
Found it!
"You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."
And as far as I am aware, they must follow this with the question " do you understand this?"
My question is, does it make sense?
I thought it would be more fun to talk about this here. My response was:
Yes, I kind of like it. That's the impression we try and give people here. If I interview someone, I generally phrase it in such aw ay that I want to hear their side of the story. I actually do want to hear it. It may or may not help them. It's not really important to me, I'm just trying to gather information.
I'm guessing from the wording of the caution, in England, if a person stands mute at trial, the jury can infer some degree of guilt.
Actually, if we continue along this line, I think we should do it in the conversation in the article.
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Zarniroop (er.... I'll think of something amusing to put here soon!) Posted Jun 5, 2001
Damn!
Simul post!
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