self-incrimination
Accusing oneself legally
Self-incrimination is the act of providing evidence or testimony that implicates oneself in a crime.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution protects against compelled self-incrimination—you cannot be forced to testify against yourself in criminal proceedings.
To take the Fifth or plead the Fifth is to invoke this right: She pleaded the Fifth when asked about the missing funds.
Admission of wrongdoing
- admissionEntry or confession
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- sworn statementLegally binding written testimony
deposition · cross-examination · testify · coerced confession · interrogation · police questioning · plea · oath
Protection against compelled testimony
- right to silenceLegal privilege against compelled speech
- Miranda warningRequired police custody notification
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- legal counselProfessional juridical guidance
immunity · waiver · invoke · assert · criminal defense · burden of proof · presumption of innocence · coercion
Law governing case prosecution
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- juryLegal decision-making body
verdict · ruling · prosecution · defendant · accused · criminal justice · indictment · arraignment
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- admissionEntry or confession
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
sworn statement · deposition · cross-examination · testify · coerced confession · interrogation · police questioning · plea · oath · affidavit
Fifth Amendment
Protection against compelled testimony
- right to silenceLegal privilege against compelled speech
- Miranda warningRequired police custody notification
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
legal counsel · immunity · waiver · invoke · assert · criminal defense · burden of proof · presumption of innocence · coercion · compulsion
criminal procedure
Law governing case prosecution
jury · verdict · ruling · prosecution · defendant · accused · criminal justice · indictment · arraignment · double jeopardy
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- Criminal Procedurearraignment, arrest, grand jury, investigation, guilty plea
- defendant rightsright to counsel, Miranda rights, Miranda warning, presumption of innocence, right to silence
- legal rightslegal rights, constitutional rights, fundamental rights, Miranda rights, Bill of Rights
self-incriminationpleading the Fifth
Refusing to testify constitutionally
self-protection · legal immunity · Miranda rights · legal safeguard · self-preservation
self-incriminationsilence
Total lack of sound
non-disclosure · stonewalling · saying nothing · keeping mum
self-incriminationdenial
Refusal to accept reality
alibi · vindication · acquittal · absolution · not guilty plea
criminality, incriminate, incrimination, recrimination, incriminating, incriminated, criminalize, recriminate, criminalized