To: P-Marlowe; Campion; annalex; Tax-chick; franky1; Alex Murphy
The second glaring error was his assertion that Mosaic Law prohibits a man from being compelled to testify against himself. With a little research, I came across the following, written by a lawyer. Perhaps this will resolve that question, as well.
Under Mosaic law an accused could not be required to testify against himself. This is the soul of our 5th Amendment, "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." Here is the concept of "taking the fifth", part of criminal justice since the time of Moses!
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77 posted on
05/05/2007 4:37:15 PM PDT by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: NYer
Under Mosaic law an accused could not be required to testify against himself. This is the soul of our 5th Amendment, "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." Here is the concept of "taking the fifth", part of criminal justice since the time of Moses!************
Wow. I had no idea. Thanks, NYer.
80 posted on
05/05/2007 5:06:25 PM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NYer
With a little research, I came across the following, written by a lawyer. Perhaps this will resolve that question, as well.Again there is no cite to any scripture. If someone has the scripture, please produce it. Leviticus 5:1 seems to require that the accused testify, and a failure to testify after being sworn was an implication of guilt.
If anyone comes up with the "Mosaic Law", then I'll be happy to retract all my statements on this thread.
86 posted on
05/05/2007 6:12:46 PM PDT by
P-Marlowe
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