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This right is also known as the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, which is invoked when someone is said to "plead the Fifth". ... The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination does ensure that a defendant in a criminal case cannot be forced to testify and "be a witness against himself or herself".
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THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION: RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES UNDER THE LAW, by John B. Taylor. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004. 399pp. Cloth $55.00. ISBN: 1-57607-618-0.
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www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/taylor205.htm
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On June 8, 2000, the El Paso Court of Appeals decided an important case in which it said that a juvenile has a privilege against self-incrimination in a post-adjudication interview by a probation officer for a social history report to be used in disposition proceedings.
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www.tjpc.state.tx.us/publications/reviews/00/00-3-02.ht...
www.tjpc.state.tx.us/publications/reviews/00/00-3-02.htm
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A corporate officer may raise and waive his or her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.56 In United States v. Kordel, a corporate officer answered certain government interrogatories on behalf of the corporation.57 Later, the corporation asserted the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination...
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www.dcba.org/brief/decissue/2000/art61200.htm
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The privilege against self-incrimination applies in both federal and state criminal cases. Although this privilege protects individuals, it does not protect corporations. Partnerships and, presumably, limited liability partnerships (which is Andersen’s business form) cannot avail themselves of the privilege.
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www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2003/0403/dept/d046203.htm
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The Fifth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution declares that “[no person] shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. ” The privilege against self-incrimination applies in both federal and state cases, and there is a parallel provision in the state constitution.
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www.cga.ct.gov/2004/rpt/2004-R-0325.htm
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B. If a person asserts the privilege against self-incrimination and the agency seeks to compel production of the testimony or documents sought, the office or agency as provided in section 41-1092.01, subsection F may issue, with the prior written approval of the attorney general, a written order compelling the testimony...
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www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/41/01092-10.htm
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The Colonial and Constitutional History of the Privilege Against Self-; Incrimination in America ... The Puritan agitation for the privilege against self-incrimination progressed rapidly and with heated intensity from 1637 through the 1650's. Anterior to the commonwealth torture was used as a matter of course in...
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