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Most of the day-to-day lawmaking and oversight of Congress occur at the subcommittee level.

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Explain the origins of the right to remain silent, and refute the belief held by many Americans that many guilty people go free by exercising that right.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Many thanks to you.

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response will:
1, Identify the right to remain silent as stemming from the Fifth Amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination, and note that it is listed in the Miranda warning.
2, Discuss techniques the police have developed to elicit information while still following the Miranda rules, and provide examples.
3, Describe why many suspects make incriminating statements despite having been given Miranda warnings.



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