Remain Silent? Some in Custody Spell It All Out

The “Beast of Broadway,” as the tabloids call him, a successful actor, has been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. But his grade-school teacher would be proud of him in at least one respect: He is a good speller.

That much was clear in the two and-a-half page written statement he gave the police after he was arrested, a statement that recounted a behind-the-scenes theater tour for the girl. He wrote these words voluntarily despite a constitutional right to remain silent that is ingrained not only in criminal law, but also in popular culture. But he was hardly the only person arrested in New York in recent years who opened up once the cuffs went on.

Details here from the New York Times.