USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Fifth Amendment also protects criminal defendants from having to testify if they may incriminate themselves through the testimony. A witness may “plead the Fifth” and not answer if the witness believes answering the question may be self-incriminatory. In the landmark Miranda v.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fifth Amendment in British English 1. an amendment to the US Constitution stating that people may not be compelled to testify against themselves and that no person may be tried for a second time on a charge for which he or she has already been acquitted.