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To make a statement in which one admits that he/she has committed a crime or gives information that another named person has committed a crime. under the fifth amendment to the constitution, a person cannot be forced to give any information which would tend to incriminate himself/herself. thus, he/she can refuse to answer any question which he/she feels might be a self-accusation or lead to information which would be so.

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