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Explain how the Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination protects the innoncent AND the guilty.?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    The fifth amendment just gives you the right not to respond to questioning that will prove you guilty in a court of law. This applies during an arrest or after or if you are a suspect in a case or during a trial. If you testify during a trial than you wave your fifth amendment right and can be cross examned by the prosocutor.

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    5 years ago

    The Fifth Amendment Protects Against

  • 2 decades ago

    The 5th Amendment say say that for "infamous" crimes, you much be indited by a grand jury, protects against double jeopardy, and prevents the court from forcing you to testify if you might incriminate yourself on the stand. It protects the innocent though the grand jury indictment clause. It protects the guilty through the other two clauses.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Everyone is entitled to a trial by jury, and double jeopardy.

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