How To (and How Not To) Invoke Your Rights to Silence and Counsel (with Examples!)

* This video is based on a previous upload. The previous version may have contained some inaccuracies. Consequently, the final sections of the video were re-recorded (as of 7:05).

Intro: (0:00)
Invocation can be difficult: (0:27)
Right to counsel: (3:15)
Right to silence: (5:06)
Invocation of rights: (7:05)


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Reviewing courts may find one's invocation attempt to be invalid if the language used is unclear, ambiguous, or equivocal. The examples cited in this video are based on peer-reviewed research literature.

Ainsworth, J. (2008). You have the right to remain silent…but only if you ask for it just so: the role of linguistic ideology in American police interrogation law. International Journal Of Speech, Language & The Law, 15(1), 1-21. doi:10.1558/ijsll.v15i1.1

Cleary, H. D., & Warner, T. C. (2016). Police Training in Interviewing and Interrogation Methods: A Comparison of Techniques Used With Adult and Juvenile Suspects. Law & Human Behavior (American Psychological Association), 40(3), 270-284. doi:10.1037/lhb0000175

Frantzen, D. (2010). Interrogation strategies, evidence, and the need for Miranda: a study of police ideologies. Police Practice & Research, 11(3), 227-239. doi:10.1080/15614260902830005

Leo, R. A., & Liu, B. (2009). What do potential jurors know about police interrogation techniques and false confessions?. Behavioral Sciences & The Law, 27(3), 381-399.

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