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Old 07-05-2011, 03:38 PM   #13
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Can someone explain to me the benefit of the 5th amendment? Obviously I understand what it does, but why is it a good thing? Why shouldn't we be able to make people take the stand and give answers to questions they don't want to answer?
Here's Wikipedia. It's Oliver Cromwell's fault.
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