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The 5th Amendment gives people on trial the right to avoid self-incrimination. Which statement is the best explanation of this idea?

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essentially when people plead the fifth they arent forced to answer a question and prove themself guilty

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"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury..."

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