FAUCI’S REFUSALS PUT SPOTLIGHT ON ‘PLEADING THE FIFTH’ RIGHT IN US

It was important enough to the framers of the US Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights – that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against… Today, that protection – famously known as “pleading the Fifth” – remains one of the most visible and politically charged safeguards in American law.

News - South China Morning Post reports that it was important enough to the framers of the US Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights – that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against…

The report adds: Today, that protection – famously known as “pleading the Fifth” – remains one of the most visible and politically charged safeguards in American law.

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