law & policy
Don’t Talk to the Cops
Your right against self-incrimination is not safe in a criminal system that cares more about coercing convictions than about finding the truth.
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Your right against self-incrimination is not safe in a criminal system that cares more about coercing convictions than about finding the truth.
The rule was supposed to prevent prosecutors from hiding evidence. It hasn’t worked—but there’s a better way.
One path to ending mass incarceration is ending our modern conception of public defense. And being transparent about our work is one way to start.