Exactly
The second I hear ANYTHING like ‘No comment’, or ‘I take the 5th’, or or someone doesn’t testify I am going to go with ‘guilty’.
Never ever going to trust someone who can’t explain themselves for themselves.
Exactly
The second I hear ANYTHING like ‘No comment’, or ‘I take the 5th’, or or someone doesn’t testify I am going to go with ‘guilty’.
Never ever going to trust someone who can’t explain themselves for themselves.
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The lying sociopath agrees with you.
You don’t get the basics of our constitutional rights.
I highly recommend invoking your 5th Amendment rights and Miranda rights with each encounter with law enforcement. ESPECIALLY if you are innocent.
I’ve taught my children that if they ever get questioned by law enforcement to be polite, compliant, and respectful. However, the only words they are to say other than their names and my name, are: “lawyer,” and “I want my parents here.”
I used to think someone pleading the 5th was hiding something. Now, that does apply to politicians, but not to those accused of a crime.
Your statement is no different than when others say, “If you have nothing to hide, why do you care if (fill in the blank)?” This is usually said in response to someone expressing their rightful outrage at the latest overreach by police or government, usually with respect to searches or surveillance.
Every right in the Constitution exists for a reason, including the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. I understand your point with respect to government officials who constantly refuse to answer questions, and truly do just hide behind the Fifth, but don’t extend that cynicism to average citizens when they’re being persecuted by the government.
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There are a myriad of reasons that a defendant doesn't testify, and most of them have to do with guilt. Hopefully you will never have to serve on a jury with someone's life at stake.