PDF Format – 1999 Voters Guide

Side Bars – Who We Are – The Name – Christian, not Conservative – A 19th Century Christian Theologian’s Comments on Secular Conservatism – Crime and Restitution – Juries: Past and Present – The Notorious Ox and Safety – Self-Incrimination and the Bible – Judges versus Computers – Open Pits and Paying Your Own Way

Ballot Recommendations Summary Measure 68 Measure 69 Measure 70 Measure 71 Measure 72 Measure 73 Measure 74 Measure 75 Measure 76

Measure 73
Amends Constitution: Limits immunity from criminal prosecution of person ordered to testify about his or her conduct.

EXPLANATION:
Currently, the State can only force a person to testify about a crime that he may have committed by promising not to prosecute him for that crime. Under this measure, a person could be made to testify about that same crime and still be prosecuted for it. However, in these cases, the state couldn’t use the person’s testimony or any information derived from that testimony against the defendant.

RECOMMENDATION:
NO.

The long-established “fifth amendment” right should not be tampered with. Like the jury system, it has deep roots in the Bible (see Matthew 26:63; 27: 12-14) and Protestant history (William Tyndale, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, etc.). See Sidebar - Self-Incrimination and the Bible.

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