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  2. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Self-Incrimination clause provides various protections against self-incrimination, including the right of an individual not to serve as a witness in a criminal case in which he or she is a defendant. "Pleading the Fifth" is a colloquial term often used to invoke the Self-Incrimination Clause when witnesses decline to answer questions where ...

  3. Self-incrimination - Wikipedia

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    The right against self-incrimination originated in England and Wales. [15] In countries deriving their laws as an extension of the history of English common law , a body of law has grown around the concept of providing individuals with the means to protect themselves from self-incrimination.

  4. Right to silence - Wikipedia

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    Australia has no constitutional protection for the right to silence, [4] but it is broadly recognized by State and Federal Crimes Acts and Codes and is regarded by the courts as an important common law right and a part of the privilege against self-incrimination. [5]

  5. Salinas v. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Salinas v. Texas, 570 US 178 (2013), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which the court held 5-4 decision, declaring that the Fifth Amendment's self-incrimination clause does not extend to defendants who simply choose to remain silent during questioning, even though no arrest has been made nor the Miranda rights read to a defendant.

  6. Judge finds Newton officers lacked cause for controversial ...

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    Locher notes in his ruling that, when deposed by Galanakis' attorneys, Winters invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Galanakis, on the other hand, submitted an affidavit ...

  7. Police Want the Password to Your Phone

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    But your phone has a simpler safeguard: a password that, under the Fifth Amendment, you shouldn't have to reveal unless the government overcomes your right against self-incrimination. It's a right ...

  8. Right to silence in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    The right to silence in England and Wales is the protection given to a person during criminal proceedings from adverse consequences of remaining silent. It is sometimes referred to as the privilege against self-incrimination. It is used on any occasion when it is considered the person being spoken to is under suspicion of having committed one ...

  9. Doctor accused of abusing Indiana University athletes invokes ...

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    The former Indiana University basketball team doctor accused of sexually assaulting players back in the 1990s invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination dozens of times during a ...