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      "id": 103732,
      "date": "1998-07-16",
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      "title": "Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self- Incrimination May Not Be Extended in Cases Where Only a Foreign Prosecution Is Possible",
      "summary": "Several courts in the various circuits have considered whether the Fifth Amendment privilege\nagainst\nself-incrimination applies to fear of incrimination in foreign countries, and they have come to\ndivergent conclusions. The United States Supreme Court granted  certiorari  in\n United States v.\nBalsys,  and on June 25, 1998, decided that a witness may not invoke the Fifth Amendment\nprivilege\nagainst self-incrimination in which only a foreign prosecution is possible. This report will not be\nupdated.",
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