alt Hacker News> 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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direwolf20 • yesterday at 9:50 PM
And why do they need to unlock your phone if they already proved you did the crime?
seanw444 • yesterday at 9:07 PM
You're delusional. When ICE starts executing people on the spot for not giving up iPhone passwords, I'll eat my words.
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It means that if all the other evidence shows that the desired evidence is on the computer, then it is not a question of whether it exists, so youre not really searching for something. Youre retrieving it. That doesn't implicate the 4th amendment.