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Should Silence Convict

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<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">The most common piece of advice given by criminal defense lawyers, even more than don't try this at home, is that you have the right to remain silent. Use it. But in <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/salinas-v-texas/" target="">Salinas v. Texas</a>, scheduled for oral argument on April 17, 2013, the Supreme Court will consider whether silence in response to police questioning can be offered as evidence of guilt. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held it could.<br> <br> ...</font>

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