“You Must Explicitly Invoke Your Constitutional Rights” — James Duane Constitutional Copy Share Image
“the police are only doing what they were trained to do, and what they are constantly encouraged to do by the courts.” — James Duane Police Copy Share Image
“The first problem with the police is that they are only human. They cannot know everything.” — James Duane Copy Share Image
“And that is just the list of federal criminal statutes; the states have an even greater number of crimes on the books.” — James Duane Books Copy Share Image
“the deck is stacked heavily against you, and you have no idea what you are up against.” — James Duane Deck Copy Share Image
“The Supreme Court justices are able to decide fewer than 1 percent of all the appeals” — James Duane Justice Copy Share Image
“and that perhaps the circumstantial evidence against him or her is fairly powerful after all. But” — James Duane Circumstantial evidence Copy Share Image
“The Department of Justice has now served official notice that it believes the courts should allow a prosecutor to argue under any… — James Duane Fifth amendment Copy Share Image
“If you give the police information that turns out to be inaccurate, and the police mistakenly believe that you were lying to… — James Duane Different ways Copy Share Image
“As we will see, there are many different ways that the mere act of talking to the police can get you in… — James Duane Different ways Copy Share Image
“Even innocent criminal suspects, when they are a little bit nervous, can say things that they did not mean to say—as we… — James Duane Suspects Copy Share Image
“And after Salinas, as we have seen, that means that you cannot simply remain mute in the face of police questioning, but… — James Duane Refuse Answer Copy Share Image
“Memorize these two questions so you will not be tempted to answer any others: Who are you? What are you doing… — James Duane Doing right Copy Share Image
“if the police do not use deception to persuade you to make an outright confession, they might persuade you to give them… — James Duane Copy Share Image
“the United States Congress was passing a new criminal law once a week on average.7 It has been reported that the problem… — James Duane Criminal law Copy Share Image
“I told her to send the agent a letter, explaining that she would be happy to consider answering any questions he might… — James Duane Element of surprise Copy Share Image
“One federal law makes it a crime “to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase any fish or wildlife or plant… — James Duane Five years Copy Share Image
“The other party to the conversation—the police officer—is also human, just like you, and he or she can make mistakes as well.… — James Duane Failure Copy Share Image
“One of the worst forms of deception involves implied promises that statements will not be used against the suspects, or that they… — James Duane Innocent person Copy Share Image
“That was the same case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously concluded that, if they adhered to the… — James Duane Children Copy Share Image
“the Supreme Court wrote that “evidence of silence at the time of arrest” generally does not tell us very much about guilt… — James Duane Fifth amendment Copy Share Image
“As we can see from all these cases, a promise from the police to give you “help” is the most useless and… — James Duane Life Copy Share Image
“and they can be prosecuted or sued if they are caught using intentional deception to defraud you into giving up a mere… — James Duane Constitutional rights Copy Share Image
“Because of the matrix of rampant horrors often described as overcriminalization, it is no longer possible for you to rely on your… — James Duane Crime Copy Share Image
“been largely left in the hands of the lower courts, they have been so severely watered down that police officers can lie… — James Duane Police officers Copy Share Image
“there are many ignorant sentimentalists who believe that our government is deserving of our loyal cooperation and support, and that every good… — James Duane Politics Copy Share Image
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg sensibly complained years ago about this very same statute and voiced her grave concern over what she called “the… — James Duane Years ago Copy Share Image
“And as we’ve seen, a jury can be persuaded that you lied about something when in fact you actually told the truth.… — James Duane Lied Copy Share Image
“The other problem is that they are working within a legal system that is highly imperfect. That is not their fault, because… — James Duane Imperfect Copy Share Image
“The next time some police officer or government agent asks you whether you would be willing to answer a few questions about… — James Duane Next time Copy Share Image
“The bottom line is plain: you cannot safely trust a single word that you hear from the mouth of a police officer… — James Duane Bottom line Copy Share Image
“All he needs to do is respectfully tell the police that he will not answer any questions and that he would like… — James Duane Officers Copy Share Image
“Supreme Court held that you can be convicted and imprisoned for committing a crime even if you had no criminal intent and… — James Duane Convicted Copy Share Image
“Out of hundreds of innocent people in the United States who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated by DNA evidence, 76 percent… — James Duane Innocent people Copy Share Image
“Any time you agree to talk to the police or government investigators, you are rolling the dice and taking a terrible chance… — James Duane Life Copy Share Image
“One of the worst things about talking to the police, as we will see, is the fact that our legal system permits… — James Duane Legal system Copy Share Image