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'Sorry, I've forgotten my decryption password' is contempt of court, pal – US appeal judges

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Re: the Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves

"the judge in criminal trials normally instructs the jurors that they may not infer either guilt or innocence from a defendant's failure to testify."

Juries have been known to ignore the judge's instructions.

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