Sentence examples for right of silence from inspiring English sources

When the prosecutors sought to question him in November 2002, as a witness, he availed himself of the right of silence.

Effective to apprise accused persons of their right of silence in assuring, and in assuring a continuous opportunity to exercise it.

It was this act that introduced the concept that the right of silence was no longer to be regarded as an unfettered right and was, in fact, to become more of a liability than a right.

Remembering Mansfield's outrage when the five men accused of murdering Stephen Lawrence exercised the same right of silence at his inquest, the News of the World wrote: "Mr Mansfield is a millionaire campaigning leftwinger.

Although Miranda invited legislative action to protect the constitutional right against coerced self-incrimination, it stated that any legislative alternative must be “at least as effective in appraising accused persons of their right of silence and in assuring a continuous opportunity to exercise it.” Id., at 467.

But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, another Miranda supporter, quoted to Mr. Cassell the second half of that phrase: "so long as they are fully as effective as those described above in informing accused persons of their right of silence and in affording a continuous opportunity to exercise it".

The origins of the right to silence, of the concept of being innocent until proven guilty, of the adversarial trial itself, can all be traced to the work of William Garrow, acting for the defence at the Old Bailey in the 1780s.

"I need to find the right kind of silence or light or noise.

Wandering into the old Firestation to see Powell, we were confronted instead by Squarepusher's LED-mask wearing band Shobaleader One, whose absurdist and hyper-intricate shredding stunned a packed crowd into just the right kind of silence for Oscar Powell to fill.

I evaluate two current practices in light of these structural differences: state use of the fruits of employer coercion of employees' waivers of the right to silence; and state negotiation with firms over the scope of firms' indemnification of their agents for litigation costs.

The motion adds: "Given defendant's flat assertion of his right to silence, the later questioning of him is improper".