Highlight from 'You Have the Right to Remain Innocent' by James Duane

The Supreme Court of the United States made this point years ago, when it correctly stated that: “[O]ne of the Fifth Amendment’s basic functions is to protect innocent men who otherwise might be ensnared by ambiguous circumstances. . . . [T]ruthful responses of an innocent witness, as well as those of a wrongdoer, may provide the government with incriminating evidence from the speaker’s own mouth.”