Sir, - I welcome the outcome of the Bail Referendum. The next matter that needs changing is the Right to Silence. This is a major obstacle in the investigation of crime.
It was probably introduced in an illiterate, inarticulate era and is no longer justified. If a person is bona fides, he/she should have no difficulty in stating when he/she was at a given time, or coming from where.
Safeguards could be put into the legislation to control the circumstances of interrogation. Silence should mean an admission of guilt. Give some reason back to the process of maintaining a lawful society. - Yours, etc.,
Marley Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.