... in aid: `Innocence claims the right of speaking, as guilt invokes the privilege of sil?n??.' Thus it is contended by abolitionists that ??li?? should be able to require people to explain a scenario, suggestive of their having committed a crime, based upon information already provided to ??li?? and raising in the investigators' minds a reasonable possibility that a breach of the law has been committed -- an innocent person, they say, would immediately proffer an explanation. If they choose not to respond or only to give a partial response, an inference can be drawn that they have something to hide. This inference then becomes part of the ?as? to be used by the prosecution ?g?inst them. In addition, it is said that in ??urt, if a person chooses to say nothing in response to a charge, the interpretation can, and should, be made that this is because they have ...

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