Do you think the right to silence when arrested is fair?

Due to the increase in violent crime, do you think right to silence still has its place? 99% of solicitors I deal with advise their clients to go no comment, even the ones who really want to tell what happened.|||Since a large proportion of the population think that the police arrest people for fun %26amp; having done absolutely nothing to draw the attention of the police. Yes people should have the right to silence as we all know that the police are corrupt %26amp; arrest people for absolutely no reason what so ever.





Personally I think that the police should be allowed to beat the living crap out of some of the scum that they have to deal with.





Oh %26amp; the courts. Our useless court system that allows people to walk after killing someone.





Killing someone by running over them in your car %26amp; driving away expect a 拢300 fine %26amp; a 1 year ban. It is a F*****G joke.|||Yes I do. The police have to 'prove' their case 'for themselves' before it goes to court - why should (in some cases) a hapless soul answer questions that the police could/can/do turn those (innocent) answers against the person.





Nearly all these TV cop shows - portray the 'suspect' telling them everything - they then doing the police job for them - if none answered 'any' questions at interviews - more would be released without charge.





The police charge/conviction rate seems to depend 'wholly' on the admissions of arrested peoples - without which - the person gets released - and thats called ....'detective work'......well 'Sherlock Homes' its not.!!





There are far to many times when 'leading/incriminating' questions are put to the (so-called) suspect in interviews - who when answering just 'fall into the police trap' of admission (entrapment). Thats why so many cases in court 'collapse' - the judges seeing the route taken in questioning by the police at interviews.





I'm all for convicting the 'right people' - obtained by 'solid proof' and without doubt - but not by some overzealous police person wanting too 'pin' a particular crime on 'anybody'...as happens - proved when the cases are thrown out of court.!!





The police deprive 'anybody' of their freedom when arresting them - OK - now prove 'without' help - the person they've got is the right person. The arresting 'speech' given by the police is......rubbish - all are entitled to say nothing at all.





I'm not talking about the saturday-night 'round-up' of the drunks/trouble makers - that gets sorted out quickly - my comments are for the more serious crimes people are suspected of/arrested for.





The moral of the comment is.....get the 'right person' in the 1st place - by the police doing 'proper investigations' before arresting anyone - that being something 'they' seem too find 'hard to do'.!!|||Absolutely. Anyone who does speak when arrested is a total, complete moron. Police all to often are not interested in guilt or innocence, the arrest is the thing. If you think police would not lie then you live in a nice fantasy place. Once you are arrested you shut up, lawyers do the speaking.|||no, it's not fair, but we can't make someone speak if they do not wish to do so. perhaps the solicitor acting for them could make it appear more beneficial for the person questioned to have their say, rather than compound the problem by encouraging no comment.|||As long as it is made clear to them that a jury may take their refusal to assist the police as an admission of something to hide. I think it is a fare system and I cant see how they would be made to talk short of using two wires. On second thoughts..............|||yes i think its fair, you don't have to talk if you don't want to or you can talk if you do want to, solicitors can't force you to talk or not talk, legally|||thing is how do you get some one to talk when they don't want to, the right to have the right of silence not to be reported to the court was removed, and that seems fair.|||Yes. If prisoners were compelled to answer police questions, especially without lawyers to represent them, we would end up slipping back into the bad old days of either 'verballing' prisoners or just beating confessions out of them.|||The wheels of justice move too slow in Britain..by the time of trial most thickos don't know what they lied about...and the rest cant read or write.


Thank the over paid solicitors..|||It's fair enough but anything you fail to say at the time but later rely on in court may harm your defence.|||it's more then fair.=You don't even have to say'' no comment'',just don't say anything.By saying ''no comment'' you're making a comment.|||It seems to work pretty well at the moment and I cant imagine an alternative.|||NO COMMENT