FIFTH AMENDMENT

WHAT IS THE FIFTH AMENDMENT ABOUT?

• protects American citizens from potential government abuse relating to criminal cases
• five clauses

GRAND JURY

• means a case should go t a grand jury before a trial
• for a trial, there needs to be sufficient evidence
• one exception is if a person in the military commits a crime during a state of national emergency or war

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

• American citizens protected against a second prosecution for the same crime

SELF INCRIMINATION

• government does not have the power to make a person testify against himself/herself

JUST COMPENSATION

• government can't take someone's property without paying them back

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