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From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Looking for Mary Sue Hubbard
Date: 28 Nov 1998 18:39:52 PST
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frice@linkline.com (Fredric L. Rice (Captain Ahab)):

>The real question is whether she'll be allowed to take the 5'th.
>Could she since it would also mean she would be testifying against
>herself?

   The 5th Amendment is protection from self incrimination in criminal
prosecutions, and does not apply to civil procedures.

>If the court would grant her immunity from that particular crime (her
>involvement/knowledge of these thousand-odd counts) perhaps
>she wouldn't be allowed to take the 5'th.

   If criminal indictments were in the cards, and she could testify
about them, she could be granted immunity so self-incrimination would
not be an issue.

   Rev Dennis Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
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