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

First, you need to make sure that your silence is not held against you as evidence of your guilt if the case later goes to trial. And after Salinas, as we have seen, that means that you cannot simply remain mute in the face of police questioning, but rather must say something to invoke your legal right to refuse to answer their questions. Second, you also need to make sure that you get the police to stop questioning you and leave you alone. You need to bring the interrogation to an end, once and for all, and as quickly as possible. But that will not happen unless you say something. Just