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The comment I replied to claimed that the Fifth only protects you from testifying at trial. You said a coerced confession would be inadmissible, implying it’s s
by mikeash 7y ago
The comment I replied to claimed that the Fifth only protects you from testifying at trial. You said a coerced confession would be inadmissible, implying it’s still legal to do so, it just couldn’t be used as evidence.
- Zak 7y agoThe 5th amendment does not create any crimes, but every state has criminal laws that would apply to a police officer coercing a confession by threat, force, torture, etc....