If I confess to killing someone, in the United States, but refuse to tell them where the body is. Can I be compelled to tell them where it is so they can find evidence against me? Or can I exercise my right to remain silent and not help them prosecute me?
Assuming that I have no intention of testifying if they charge me. Assume I freely confessed to the the killing but implied that it was self-defense. Assume they are willing to charge me with murder, but find it hard without the body.
Can they use a subpeona or other mechanism to compel me to tell them or can I rest on my fifth amendment right to remain silent?
This is clearly nothing like a fingerprint, DNA, or handwriting. They don't want to identify me, they want to refute my self-defense implication with forensics.
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