You Do Not Have to Say Anything: Difference between revisions

 

The current England and Wales version (as modified by the 1994 Criminal Justice Act) is:

 

The original version prior to 1994 was:

{{quote|"You do not have to say anything. But anything you do say may be noted in evidence."}}

 

 

The speech is done so often it may merely be subtitled as "Recites Caution".

 

For the version used in the United States see [[Miranda Rights]]. For anything not US or UK see [[Reading Your Rights]].

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== Film ==

* Heard briefly in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' when Nicholas arrests the chav shoplifter.

** Averted in the same film, where Angel arrests {{spoiler|Skinner}}, and in a complete reversal of his procedural correctness in the execution of unquestionable moral authority, as he states the cause for arrest and supporting evidence yet fails to caution them. They are promptly dearrested afterwards anyway due to a lack of corroborating evidence

 

== Literature ==

* Spoofed in ''[[Incompetence]]'', the comedy novel by Rob Grant, where the caution takes up an entire chapter and basically amounts to "anything you say (or don't say) means you're both guilty and fully understand your rights".

** There is also a simplified version, for suspects who don't understand the full version:

{{quote|"You don't have to say anything, but if you don't, bad things will happen to you. You can ask for a lawyer, but if you do, bad things will happen to you. Do you understand, or shall I read the full version again?"}}

 

* In the first series of ''[[Life On Mars]]'', Sam Tyler stubbornly continues to recite the post-1994 version of the caution in 1973. Each time, another cop or the arrestee tells him he's got it wrong. And at one point, he catches himself, tries to remember the old version, and comes up with the ''[[Miranda Rights|Miranda]]'' warning from the US.

** In an obvious [[Shout-Out]] in the second episode of ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'', Alex Drake bribes Gene Hunt into nicking the perp she's sure is the right man (but Gene is unconvinced of) by letting Gene stamp her bum. To his credit, the Gene Genie backs her 100% during the arrest, to the point of dragging an old man down a flight of stairs by his pajamalegs, but when Alex tries to give the kid his caution, Gene loudly says "That's not how it goes!"

* A detective in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' special "Planet of the Dead" arrests the companion du jour by saying "You do not have to say anything, et cetera, et cetera...". Made moot by the fact the Doctor frees her, but ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' pointed out the arrest could be invalidated in the issue after its transmission.

 

* A strip of ''[[The Perishers]]'' had a crab being arrested and told "anything you say will be taken down" to which he quickly designated a person and an item of clothing.

 

== Radio ==

* In the 1985 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Radio Drama]] "Slipback", a [[Cowboy Cop]] recites his own version of the pre-1994 caution:

{{quote|"You have the right to remain silent, but I wouldn't encourage you to do so. Anything you say will be taken down, altered to my satisfaction and used in a court of law to send you down for a good many years."}}

 

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