An Orange County sheriff’s sergeant and a retired sheriff’s lieutenant testified Monday that no one has spoken to them from their department or the District Attorney’s Office about allegations in an ...

shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.... Scholars such as John Wigmore and Leonard Levy have suggested that the privilege against self-incrimination reflects the ...

A federal appeals court ruled that the constitutional right against self-incrimination did not prevent police from forcing a ...

"This Trump trial is such a sham that even the prosecutors can't admit on record if they acted lawfully," Representative Matt ...

A Wisconsin man is accused of traveling to Lake Forest with the intention of engaging in sexual conduct with a child, records ...

This week, two constitutional rights — free speech and the right to remain silent — have been at the forefront of public ...

You're enjoying happy hour with friends after a long week. You're relaxed, having indulged in several of your preferred adult ...

As a result, the Supreme Court has effectively created a new legal immunity for cops accused of infringing on the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination. The case dates back to ...

The three-judge panel said cops did not violate Payne’s 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination nor the 4th Amendment’s protections against unlawful search and seizure for the ...

A total of 120 participants in the fundraising scandal either fled the country, asserted their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, or otherwise avoided questioning. The ...

To this general duty of the citizen the privilege against self-incrimination is an extraordinary exception. The federal constitution prohibits all federal officers from requiring anyone to give ...