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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by zimbu668 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:43PM (#22315156)
This explains why an innocent person should take the fifth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by tedunangst on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:37PM (#22315367)
Taking the fifth in a courtroom is rather different than not talking to police without a lawyer.
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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by cryptonector on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:16AM (#22315940)
The two are related. In practice no indictment will issue if the prosecutor doesn't think they can win without the defendant's testimony, and in practice the defendant's statements to police are used to impeach them at trial (because the hearsay rule allows that hearsay) and thus make a part of the case just as much as if they made those statements in court, in the witness box. No case -> no trial, no trial -> definitely no testimony.

Watch that video. Then watch it again. Schedule a yearly watching or three.

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