Sentences with phrase «incriminating testimony against»

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«The Fifth Amendment protects individuals against saying anything, testimony or statements, that could incriminate them,» says Paul Bond, who is also a partner at Reed Smith.

That's because while incriminating statements can be used against the accused later in court, the general rule is the accused can not «bootstrap» their testimony with consistent statements they made to police, says Brodsky.

Under section 13, witnesses may not have any incriminating evidence they give as testimony used against them in separate proceedings.