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No in the US you can plead the 5th and simply not respond.
by SEJeff 12y ago
No in the US you can plead the 5th and simply not respond.
- jorgis 12y agoThis only works if your testimony is the only evidence of the crime.
- eridius 12y agoCorporations cannot plead the 5th. That only applies to individuals. And it only applies when there is any reason to believe there is a risk of self-incrimination. So yes, if you are in a circumstance where pleading the 5th is allowed, then you may plead the 5th and therefore not comment. But in the case of a corporation, or in the case of circumstances where you may not plead the 5th, then you cannot escape punishment by asserting that you are in a catch-22.
- Khaine 12y agoAs Mitt Romney was fond of saying, "corporations are people"
- eridius 12y agoSure, and legally in many ways corporations are people. But in this specific case, corporations do not enjoy the protections of the 5th amendment.
- anonbanker 12y ago[Citation needed]
- eridius 12y agoI learned it from The Illustrated Guide to Law, which is a webcomic about law written and illustrated by a criminal defense lawyer. The page that states this is http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2600 http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2600, though the next couple of pages are relevant as well.