Taking the Fifth: When What You Say Could Be Used Against You

Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What does "taking the Fifth" mean? If you've been suspected of a crime, how and when do you use your rights under the Fifth Amendment's self-incrimination clause?

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0:00.0	The department was forced to drop the charges because you forgot to read him his Miranda
0:06.4	rights.
0:07.4	What possible reason is there for not doing the only thing you have to do when arresting
0:12.8	someone.
0:14.4	Hannah, name me one thing.
0:16.1	You can count on seeing it just about every movie or TV show that has anything whatsoever
0:22.8	to do with crime.
0:24.5	Bad station coffee.
0:25.5	Or like good cop bad cop, right?
0:28.5	You have the right to remain silent.
0:30.9	Ah ha.
0:31.9	Miranda rights, right?
0:32.9	Yes.
0:33.9	OK, OK.
0:34.9	I did read him his right.
0:35.9	I did a version of that.
0:36.9	Do you even know the Miranda rights?
0:39.9	Yes.
0:40.9	What's the name of that?
0:41.9	What's the name of that?
0:42.9	Wait, wait, wait, wait.
0:43.9	This Miranda warning is the way that most people understand their right under what it's
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