Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
Charged and prosecuted are synonyms here, rather than charged and arrested.

To be formally accused is basically "see you in court". An arrest is basically an informal accusation.
Maybe "arrest" means something different in the UK. Here, it means that the police have physically detained you. Your movements are restricted. Your freedoms are inhibited. You are being removed, physically, from the public because you have committed an act that defies law and order. For this to happen, the police need probable cause or a warrant. It takes more than an 'accusation', and nothing about it is informal. If that can happen in the UK just cause it makes the police's job easier....then no wonder so many people want to move to America.

Neither does anyone have to incirminate themself here, but the police will obviously give stupid people the opportunity to do so. It's no different in the USA in the sense the police will still question you, and if you admit to something,m they'll use that against you in court. That's the whole point of them questioning you. Here in the UK, if you remain silent, they can't use that against you in court, it is not an admission of guilt.
Yeah, but in America, before the police can ask you questions, they have to explicitly explain to you that you have the right to remain silent. They warn you that anything you do say "can and will" be used against you. They are also required to advise you of your right to have an attorney present during questioning. If you can't afford an attorney, the gov't will provide one for free. And you must demonstrate acknowledgement of these rights before any questioning begins. That makes it alot harder for the cops to exploit stupid people.