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Can a court coerce a murder witness to testimony with imprisonment?
by noobiemcfoob 7y ago
Can a court coerce a murder witness to testimony with imprisonment?
- magduf 7y agoIn the US, no. The 5th Amendment protects defendants from being coerced into self-incrimination. I was just pointing out how his comment really made no sense here at all, since this article isn't about a criminal being coerced into testifying against themselves (which again is illegal per the 5A), but rather a witness being coerced into testifying when they don't want to for some reason.