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A comment on New Argument in Forced-Decryption Case: Defendant’s Memory Is Ticking Clock.

Re:New Argument in Forced-Decryption Case: Defendant’s Memor... by pfortuny on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @07:00AM (#5976935)
“The Court can reduce this risk by requiring Feldman to provide the Court with the decrypted contents of his hard drives now, ex parte and under seal, so that they can be securely retained pending the adjudication of the Fifth-Amendment question.”

Am I the only one who does not believe they would honor the 'Fifth Amendment adjudication' and that they would not seek new and different evidence for new and different crimes?

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Re:New Argument in Forced-Decryption Case: Defendant’s Memor... by venomsnake on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @08:45AM (#5977407)
Depends on the judge and how good he is in resisting political pressure.

But here is the thing. Producing the content is self incrimination according to the defense (and reasonable people worldwide). So the situation becomes - admit you are guilty and hope higher court lets you off the hook while your name is trashed anyway.

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