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To: discostu

That’s not what the Fifth Amendment says. “nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself”. I would think that being forced to provide passwords to your accounts would be covered. If the police want evidence, you don’t have to give it to them. They may seize it, but it’s up to them to unlock it.


34 posted on 06/01/2017 12:42:16 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Important part there being WITNESS. If they have a warrant for the item in question you most certainly DO have to give it to them. And if they have a warrant that says you have to unlock it (say the item in question is a tamper proof safe) then you have to open it. That’s where a lot these cellphone cases hang, because many of them will wipe the data if you fail login too many times they have a reasonable expectation that evidence could be destroyed if they tried to unlock it themselves you get to open it for them.


35 posted on 06/01/2017 12:54:29 PM PDT by discostu (You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
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