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What could happen if you would just walk into a police station and say: I want to turn myself in and I take the 5th. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by yanyuan@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.

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[-] peter@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

In the UK it is against the law to waste police time, since we don't have a 5th amendment equivalent you would probably just get instantly hit with that if you tried this and didn't leave when told to

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