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No one should be compelled to help prosecute themselves.
by vaadu 13y ago
No one should be compelled to help prosecute themselves.
- millerm 13y agoIt's not that no one "should" be compelled. The constitution states that no one "can" be compelled. Huge difference. "Should" implies choice. There is no choice here. I hope the court sees this as a circumstance where the person is being compelled to be a witness against himself. I like laws that protect individual citizens (and I mean actual living, breathing entities and not that BS 'businesses are people, my friend'). So, I agree with you... Just a bit more firm and by the book. :-)
- rayiner 13y agoSays who? The historical practice, at least in the U.S., allows for some level of compulsion to help the prosecution. For example, there are cases (in connection with fraud and tax avoidance) holding that defendants can be forced to give written authorization to overseas banks to release financial records to prosecuting authorities.