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They can: https://freemanlaw.com/immunity/ https://freemanlaw.com/immunity/ If you invoke your Fifth Amendment right not to self-incriminate you can be served
by bb611 5y ago
They can: https://freemanlaw.com/immunity/ https://freemanlaw.com/immunity/
If you invoke your Fifth Amendment right not to self-incriminate you can be served with Statutory Immunity and then forced to testify, with contempt charges if you fail to testify.
There are also several different types of voluntary immunity, which is what you're describing. Those can't be compelled because they may not prevent the government from using your testimony against you in other venues, statutory immunity does not.
- goodcanadian 5y agoHmmm . . . that is the first I have heard of it. It appears that Kastigar v. United States[1] may be the relevant case law. I think it a stretch to imply that it derives from the 5th amendment, however, as the grandparent seemed to do. It seems more a determination that the practice does not violate the 5th amendment. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastigar_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastigar_v._United_States