You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

by James J. Duane

Instead mention your Sixth Amendment right to a lawyer, and tell the police that you want a lawyer.

“I want a lawyer.” And then you need to say it again, and again, until the police finally give up and realize they are dealing with someone who knows how our legal system really works. ENDNOTES PART I 1 Paul Blumenthal, “Lois Lerner, IRS Scandal Figure, Will Invoke Fifth Amendment at Oversight Hearing,” Huffington Post, last modified May 22, 2013, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/lois-lerner-irs-scandal_n_3314693.html.