right to remain silent

idiom

: the legal right not to say anything when arrested

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The goal is to ensure kids understand their constitutional right to remain silent while reducing the likelihood of them making false confessions, advocates say. —

Melissa Santos, Axios, 24 July 2024 Billingsley read aloud, and then initialed next to, sentences explaining his right to remain silent and his right to have an attorney present, among others. —

Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024 In pre-trial interviews, Gutierrez-Reed claimed her constitutional right to remain silent and not incriminate herself when questioned on firearms safety failures leading up to the shooting. —

Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024 Posey invoked his fifth amendment right to remain silent during the hearing, according to KATV. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for right to remain silent

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