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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in
actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation. ?
[edit] Grand jury
Grand juries, which return indictments in many criminal cases, are
composed by a jury of peers and operate in closed deliberation
proceedings; they are given specific instructions regarding the law by
the judge. Many constitutional restrictions do not apply during grand
jury proceedings. The "exclusionary rule," which prevents evidence
seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment from being introduced in
court, does not apply to evidence presented to a grand jury. Witnesses
do not have the right to have their attorneys present in grand jury
rooms during hearings; they would normally have such a right when being
investigated by the police. The grand jury indictment clause of the
Fifth Amendment has not been incorporated under the Fourteenth
Amendment; in other words, it has not been ruled applicable to the
states. States are thus free to abolish grand juries, and many (though
not all) have indeed replaced them with preliminary hearings.
Whether or not a crime is "infamous" is determined by the nature of the
punishment that may be imposed (not the punishment that is actually
imposed). (Crimes punishable by capital punishment are explicitly
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