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Israel/Palestine

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

2. you're right staying silent is taken as an admission of guilt

Reply to Mosby (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 06:30 PM

Jun 2014

Last edited Mon Jun 9, 2014, 07:41 PM - Edit history (1)

not only that but

Entirely true. Much safer to plead guilty – preferably with a plea bargain – even if innocent, and get a lighter sentence. Defendants will perjure themselves by pleading guilty for their own benefit.

http://lawinisrael.wordpress.com/

albeit I wonder if the lighter sentence applies to Palestinian

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The right to remain silent? Mosby Jun 2014 #1

you're right staying silent is taken as an admission of guilt azurnoir Jun 2014 #2