David Armstrong
Moderator
Doesn't work that way. Generally the civil case will come after the criminal case has been concluded, and in the civil case you can be compelled to take the stand and do not have the protection of the 5th Amendment unless you can show that there is a substantial and real risk of incarceration (certain states do have more restrictive rules in some cases).Why would you be an idiot and be on the stand to testify? You don't have to testify and so that question never has to be posed to you in court.
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