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Re:Fifth Amendment Flowchart by kybernetikos on Thursday October 08, 2015 @01:26PM (#10354297)
The flow chart makes it clear that there are quite a few different scenarios in which your silence can be used against you in court in the USA too.
Re:Fifth Amendment Flowchart by tptacek on Thursday October 08, 2015 @01:51PM (#10354539)
Yes, in cases where you don't claim your 5th Amendment privilege. In other western countries, no such privilege exists at all.
Re:Fifth Amendment Flowchart by kybernetikos on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:07PM (#10361586)
That's not the view of the European Court of Human Rights which apparently said "the right to remain silent under police questioning and the privilege against self-incrimination are generally recognized international standards which lie at the heart of the notion of a fair procedure". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence