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Wouldn't exercising your 5th amendment rights remove the need for you to lie about not remembering?


But in March 2010, a federal judge in Michigan ruled that Thomas Kirschner, facing charges of receiving child pornography, would not have to give up his password. That's "protecting his invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination," the court ruled (PDF).

from the article, it looks like a judge in 2010 agrees

edit: edited for formatting


Not using the arguments of prosecutors. That's the problem.




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