Three Important Laws or Clauses that Surprisingly Few Peole Know About

Today's theme is three laws that I think the entire country should know about, but, as I've come to learn recently, few people do. These are laws that protect you!

1. Good Samaritan Laws

These laws state that you cannot be held accountable for any ill that befalls a person when you were attempting to help them. For example, you cannot be sued for a rib you broke while performing CPR.

2. Baby Moses/ Safe Haven Laws

Babies that are abandoned at a Hospital, Fire Station, Police Station or other similar place are taken into the state child protection, and the parents cannot be accused of child abandonment. Some states have variations that state they have to be into the hands of a healthcare worker, fireman/paramedic or police officer. Some say that this encourages bad decisions, and is therefore a bad law. Personally, I try to let everyone know about this law, because I'd much rather that the child goes into the state child protection than is dumped in a bus depot trashcan to die.

3. Miranda Rights

You really do have the right to remain silent. And you really do have the right to a lawyer. And really, anything you say can and will be used against in a court of law. Know that.

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p said…
You should go to www.flexyourrights.com Interesting info on handling a police encounter and so on. ACLU site, but the ACLU does do some good too.
March 24, 2008 at 8:43 AM
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