A Comment About
Pleading the Fifth: Gunwalker Witness Refuses to Testify
January 20, 2012 - 10:37 am
SteveM
2012-01-20 13:49:01
The Fifth Amendment privilege protects not just the guilty, but also the innocent, who fear that even their entirely truthful responses might provide the government with incriminating evidence from their own mouths. (Ohio v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17 (2001) (dictum).)
That’s not inconsistent with “invoking the Fifth Amendment is only allowed to avoid self-incrimination”.
