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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Australia– " Right to Remain Silent " could be revoked... W.T.F.

OFF THE WIRE
Anyone reading the thread "Who needs a gun in Australia," will find that crime in Australia has not substancially decreased as the government claims, since the firearms ban. Now, the NSW police are campaigning to have a persons right to remain silent abolished.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225964137276

Joe Hildebrand
The Daily Telegraph
December 2010
A PERSON'S "right to remain silent" with impunity after being arrested will be effectively abolished under a police campaign to be taken to the next state election.
Instead of what a person says being used against them in a court, police say a person's refusal to speak should also be able to be used against them in some circumstances.
The NSW Police Association will launch a campaign against the current laws in an effort to pressure both parties ahead of March's poll.
Police say professional criminals are exploiting the right to silence, making it harder for police to obtain convictions.
However, civil libertarians said the move would result in more innocent people in jail.
Police association president Scott Weber said the changes would make it harder for criminals to dodge the law and protect innocent people.
He called on the State Government to adopt laws similar to those in the UK. "The British parliament changed the application of the right to silence over 15 years ago to combat the growing misuse of this right, and to deal with the rise of organised crime and terrorism," Mr Weber said.
"The British model still gives people the right to stay silent but allows for courts to draw an inference of guilt from a person's silence in certain situations."
NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy said being pressured to answer questions that might incriminate them would result in countless innocent people going to jail. "It doesn't serve any benefit," he said.