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You have the right to remain innocent : what police officers tell their children about the Fifth Amendment /

"Using actual case histories of innocent men and women exonerated after decades in prison because of information they voluntarily gave to police, Professor Duane demonstrates the critical importance of a constitutional right not well or widely understood by the average American. Reflecting the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duane, James J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little A, [2016]
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 5th Amendment.
United States. > Constitution. > 6th Amendment.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Self-incrimination > United States.
Right to counsel > United States.
Police questioning > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Auto-incrimination > États-Unis.
Droit à un défenseur > États-Unis.
Interrogatoire policier > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Law Enforcement.
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights.
Police questioning.
Right to counsel.
Self-incrimination.
United States.
Nonfiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Don't talk to police : except in the present tense & in the fewest words possible
  • Don't plead the Fifth : because the Supreme Court has limited its protection
  • Plead the Sixth : your constitutional right to legal representation.