BANGALORE, IndiaâFarmer suicides are too common in India. Some say the rise of genetically modified crops is to blame. âSeed monopolies have led to suicides,â said Dr. Vandana Shiva, the founder of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology.ANGALORE, IndiaâFarmer suicides are too common in India. Some say the rise of genetically modified crops is to blame. âSeed monopolies have led to suicides,â said Dr. Vandana Shiva, the founder of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and, among other things, protects individuals from being compelled to be witnesses against themselves in criminal cases. Pleading the Fifth is thus a colloquial term for invoking the right that allows witnesses to decline to answer questions where the answers might incriminate them, and generally without having to suffer a penalty for asserting the right. This evidentiary privilege ensures that defendants canno