The Fifth Amendment’s self-incrimination clause, as we discussed in our last blog post, only applies to “testimonial” evidence. This distinction means that you can be compelled by police to provide evidence against yourself if that evidence is “real” or “physical.” A recent case out of Minnesota reveals why this is
The Fifth Amendment covers a lot of ground, guaranteeing you a lot of different rights. One of these is your right to be free from compelled self-incrimination. However, this right is a complex one, with lots of nuances and exceptions to it. One of the strangest complexities in your self-incrimination
The Fifth Amendment guarantees a lot of rights to people who are being investigated for a crime. While law enforcement and other anti-crime advocates see these rights as frivolous and silly, in reality, they are some of the only things keeping the government from watching everything we do and becoming
You have a right to not be forced to say something that could incriminate yourself for a crime. This is your right against self-incrimination, and is one of the biggest, but also one of the most confusing, parts of the Fifth Amendment. One of the confusing aspects of your right
If you’re being investigated for a crime in the state of Maine, the Constitution of the United States gives you some additional rights. One of these is in the Fifth Amendment, and protects you from being forced to incriminate yourself. Pleading the Fifth This is the right against self-incrimination, and
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