DOUBLE JEOPARDY: UNDERSTANDING WHEN PROSECUTION IS PROHIBITED
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“I
plead the fifth.”
Whether in real-life legal proceedings or a Hollywood
blockbuster, we have all heard those four little words. Most people are fully
aware of their right not to incriminate themselves in a criminal trial. It’s a
protection guaranteed to us under the Fifth Amendment of t...