Ripa bags it's first victim

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That's just... wrong.

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The European court of human rights says that this is a big no-no. I see a debate about EU's right to meddle in domestic affairs in the close future; elected officials are generally quite upset when the EU is used against them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_v_United_Kingdom

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The problem is that this conflicts with the famous "right to remain silent". If one can suddenly sentenced to prison for exercizing the rights granted by the European human rights charter, then there is a huge problem.

The next logical step would be to threaten suspects with harsher punishment if they don't confess.

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Presumtion of innocence is also in the EU human rights charter, FYI.