Comment on Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"?

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JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The 5th amendment only applies before arrest and during court. You still have the right to silence after arrest, that is a common law right.

Salinas volunteered to go to the police station (he wasn’t arrested), so he had no common law right to silence.

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