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"The judge said she will remain jailed until she testifies or until the grand jury concludes its work." Wow. Not even some specific number of months or anythin
by acqq 8y ago
"The judge said she will remain jailed until she testifies or until the grand jury concludes its work."
Wow. Not even some specific number of months or anything. Appears not as a punishment but a blackmail. (edit: yes I miss the right word for this is, there is certainly a better one, I'd be happy to read a better one; edit2: right, extortion, thanks).
- dragonwriter 8y agoIts not a penal sentence, no; insofar as it is a pinishment it is a punishment for an ongoing offense, and continues as long as the offense continues. And, blackmail is threatening to reveal a secret to get someone to comply, so, no, it's not that.
- coldtea 8y agoYeah, those insignificant pedantic reasons make it not a punishment and not blackmail /s
- dragonwriter 8y agoI didn't say it's not a punishment. But it's far closer to extortion than blackmail. But that's true of compulsory legal process generally, not a special feature of confinement for contempt.
- pjc50 8y agoWhat happened to that whole fifth amendment thing?
- votepaunchy 8y ago> What happened to that whole fifth amendment thing? Hence the immunity. “But the Fifth Amendment doesn’t provide an absolute right to remain silent and not answer any questions. Rather, it protects people from having to answer incriminating questions about themselves.” https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/immunity-exchange-testimony.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/immunity-exchange-te...
- empath75 8y agoThat's literally how contempt of court works. The alternative is chaos, as people would just refuse to participate in the legal system with no repercussions. There are all kinds of ways the justice system can induce compliance with legal orders, from fines to imprisonment, and none of them constitute extortion.