impatientredhead
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just my random thought...I don't get the whole "right to not incriminate oneself" law. I just don't. it's stupid. if you violated the law, you should have to tell the TRUTH even if it means admitting you violated the law, and if you did violate the law, well you should be charged. can any legal eagles expand on the basis for the "right to not to self-incriminate" thing?
The very brief answer is to minimize the states ability to bully a confession out of someone and then use that confession to convict someone. We set higher standards than the countries that allow that, the evidence needs to be able to stand on its own, or you needed to have made a confession of your own free will.