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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by ominous on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @05:32AM (#13920806)
If a confession can be evidence of being guilty, refusing to confess is to withhold evidence?
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by theprotocol on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @06:51AM (#13921111)
But you don't yet know that it's evidence of guilt. Additionally, testimony can be counted as evidence, yet the 5th Amendment allows you not to testify if doing so would incriminate you. So something being evidence is not unconditional in needing to be turned over.
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