Journal Article - University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Heightened Scrutiny

Decrypting the Fifth Amendment: The Limits of Self-Incrimination

| October 2012

Summary

In "Decrypting the Fifth Amendment: The Limits of Self-Incrimination in the Digital Era," Vivek Mohan and John Villasenor examine the scope of information protected from compelled self-incriminating disclosure by exploring the boundaries of the contents of the mind. They propose a framework for bringing the foregone conclusion doctrine, which was articulated in 1976, into the digital era, and conclude that the question of what constitutes a "testimonial act" must be revisited to proactively ensure that emerging technologies do not eviscerate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

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For Academic Citation: Mohan, Vivek and John Villasenor. “Decrypting the Fifth Amendment: The Limits of Self-Incrimination.” University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Heightened Scrutiny, vol. 15. (October 2012):
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