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To: oceanview

The 5th Amendment protections against self-incrimination don't apply to Grand Jury testimony.


55 posted on 07/15/2005 11:47:58 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (When can we stop pretending that the Left doesn't by and large hate America?)
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I don't believe that is true.


69 posted on 07/15/2005 11:56:48 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: aynrandfreak
The 5th Amendment protections against self-incrimination don't apply to Grand Jury testimony.

Sure they do. In fact, that's where these protections are usually applied (since prosecutors don't even call defendants to the witness stand by a prosecutor in criminal cases).

What you may be thinking here is that 5th Amendment protections don't apply in cases where the witness is given immunity from prosecution by the prosecutor.

71 posted on 07/15/2005 11:58:59 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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