Law School for Everyone
Season 1
Ep 22. The Fifth Amendment Privilege
- TV-PG
- September 22, 2017
- 33 min
According to the Fifth Amendment, "no person...shall be compelled to be a witness against himself." Examine the history of this core aspect of the Bill of Rights. Learn how the amendment works in and out of court, how the privilege has become subject to compromises over time, and what "pleading the fifth" actually requires.