Friday, February 15, 2008

Programs teach legal rights to elementary school pupils | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "So you're 10 years old, you toilet paper the neighbor's yard and the police come a-knocking. What do you do? 'Give your name, your age and then ask for an attorney and ask for your parent.' That's the advice doled out to a room of fidgety fourth-graders at Shlenker School, a private elementary school in Houston, during a presentation by the Southwest Juvenile Defender Center this week. Called 'Why a Lawyer,' it is one of several such programs taught in schools and detention facilities throughout the country by groups worried that children don't know their basic rights — including the right to remain silent."

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So the lawyers are teaching kids that confession is bad for the soul?

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