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Re:I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into a Constitutional T... by ckinnan on Saturday January 14, 2017 @05:14AM (#13397776)
The government, in bringing a charge, has the duty to make the case....the right to not self-incriminate flows from the presumption of innocence and protection against being coerced into a false confession or into perjury.
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Re:I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into a Constitutional T... by davidwihl on Saturday January 14, 2017 @05:23AM (#13397795)
Precisely. The key short phrase is "nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"

It is only one short clause amongst several others in the amendment.

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