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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by lmm on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:38AM (#20000806)
On the contrary, it's perfectly normal in much of the first world. You are required to testify and jailed in contempt if you don't. The 5th is a US peculiarity.
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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by scotty79 on Friday May 24, 2019 @11:58AM (#20002859)
Jailed indefinitely?

In my country it's 30 days tops. Not sure if you can be sentenced more than once for the same thing.

Also you can refuse to answer any question that might incriminate you, your family or your loved one without any punishment.

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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by lmm on Friday May 24, 2019 @12:07PM (#20002950)
Yes, that's how contempt of court tends to work: you are jailed until you do the thing the court demands.
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