“You Have the Right to Remain Innocent” (James Duane)

Law professor James Duane became a viral sensation in 2008 for a lively lecture that explained why people shouldn’t agree to answer questions from the police. In his new book, You Have the Right to Remain Innocent, Duane expands on that presentation, offering a vigorous defense of every citizen’s constitutionally protected right to avoid self‐​incrimination. By using case histories of innocent persons who were wrongfully imprisoned because of information they gave to police, Duane debunks the claim that “if you haven’t done anything wrong, then you don’t have anything to worry about.

View the full event here: https://​www​.cato​.org/​e​v​e​n​t​s​/​y​o​u​-​h​a​v​e​-​r​i​g​h​t​-​r​e​m​a​i​n​-​i​n​n​ocent.