Taylor, Jessica. "Judge Sets Date for Rod Blagojevich's next Trial - Jessica Taylor - POLITICO.com."Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com. Association Press, 26 Aug. 2010. Web. 30 Aug. 2010. <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41502.html>.
Constitutional Connection:
"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."
In this article it talks about the Rob Blagojevich trail. This article realates to the fifth amendment because because his trial he had to be charged with something. He was charged with bribery and conspiracy and more. He will have a retrial because he was only convicted on one account out of 24. In this acticle there was no case were yoou got convicted without having been charged first. Rob didnt testify against himself but they wanted his brother to.
Without this amendment people would not be able to be charged before there trial. They also would be able to testify againt there self. This prevents self incrimination.When people say i plead the fifth means that i dont want to talk about it.
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