... jedenfalls unter U.S.-Strafrecht - more about The Martha Stewart Trial.
Summary: Link to a report (G) about considerable differences in penal law and penal procedures under German and U.S.-Law: the accused is not obliged to charge himself - and he has not to keep silent. In consequence he may even lie without (new) penal conflicts.
simons, 09.08.2004, Topic 5.. Strafprozess, Criminal Proceedings -