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Wich is guaranteed by the fifth amendment

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Simply put, it is the right not answer any question that might help to incriminate you. There are exceptions to this. While you cannot be made to answer anything either in writing or speech, the prosecutor can obtain DNA samples or hair from a comb or Blood or fingerprints can be used.

You have a right either to take the witness stand to act as part of the defenses, or not. The prosecution cannot compel

The fifth protects from being tried a second time for the same crime you were accused of the first time.

The right of due process of law. You cannot be jailed indefinitely without a fair trail.

Taking's clause of the fifth. If the government wants to take property for the public good, the 5th says that governments must compensate the property owner by a just amount.

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