| ▲ | b8 2 hours ago |
| They can hold you in contempt for 18 months for not giving your password, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/man-who-refused-.... |
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| ▲ | ElevenLathe 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Being held in contempt at least means you got a day in court first. A judge telling me to give up my password is different than a dozen armed, masked secret police telling me to. |
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| ▲ | C6JEsQeQa5fCjE 27 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > A judge telling me to give up my password is different than a dozen armed, masked secret police telling me to. Yes, a judge is unlikely to order your execution if you refuse. Based on recent pattern of their behavior, masked secret police who are living their wildest authoritarian dreams are likely to execute you if you anger them (for example by refusing to comply with their desires). |
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| ▲ | noident 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| That's a very unusual and narrow exception involving "foregone conclusion doctrine", an important fact missed by Ars Technica but elaborated on by AP: https://apnews.com/general-news-49da3a1e71f74e1c98012611aedc... |
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| ▲ | OGWhales an hour ago | parent [-] | | > Authorities, citing a “foregone conclusion exception” to the Fifth Amendment, argued that Rawls could not invoke his right to self-incrimination because police already had evidence of a crime. The 3rd Circuit panel agreed, upholding a lower court decision. I do not follow the logic here, what does that even mean? It seems very dubious. And what happens if one legitimately forgets? They just get to keep you there forever? |
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