0
When a witness or defendant testifies under oath and doesn't want to answer a specific question because doing so might be incriminating, he or she might respond with "I plead the fifth" or "I take the fifth" or "I refuse to answer on the grounds that this may incriminate me."
What else can I help you with?
Which amendment guarantees that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime?
The 5th Amendment - prohibits double jeapordy.
What are facts about the 5th amendement?
the fifth amendment means no person shall be forced to speak upon a case without volunteering and any person can not be subject for the same crime twice.
What amendment to the US Constitution protects citizens from self-incrimination?
The Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution protects the individual against self-incrimination. The government cannot force you to testify against yourself in any case for which you might be criminally charged.
Which amendment guarantees your right not to be a witness against yourself?
The Fifth Amendment says that a person does not have to testify against himself. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
What amendment prevents the president and vice president form being inhabitants of the same state?
AMENDMENT 12 "PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, ONE OF WHOM, AT LEAST, SHALL NOT BE AN INHABITANT OF THE SAME STATE WITH THEMSELVES"
What amendment trying someone twice for the same crime is illegal?
its the fifth amendment, double jeopardy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What amendment says someone cannot be retried?
I am not sure what amendment it is in, but I do know what it is called. It is call Double Jeopardy. This concept, as you said, means that a person, if found NOT GUILTY for a crime, can't be tried for that same felony.
What Amendment protects you from being tried for the same crime again?
Fifth Amendment (Study Island)
Is taking the fifth the same as general consent?
No
What else does the Fifth Amendment protect people against?
the fifth amendment protects us from abuse of the government authority in a legal procedure.
Which amendment states that you can't be tried for the same crime twice?
The 5th amendment
Which amendment protects people from being tried twice for the same reason?
fifth
The Fifth Amendment says that no one can be tried twice for the same crime on the same evidence This is called?
Double jeopardy.
Which amendment guarantees that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime?
The 5th Amendment - prohibits double jeapordy.
Which amendment deals with double jeopardy?
The Fifth Amendment deals with double jeopardy, which protects individuals from being tried twice for the same crime.
Which of these terms is used to indicate the Fifth Amendment right to not be tried twice for the same crime?
Double jeopardy
Which amendment to the constitution prohibits double jeopardy, the act of trying someone twice for the same crime?
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits double jeopardy, which is trying someone twice for the same crime.
