`Super-privilege' for foreigners sought under Fifth Amendment.(Nation)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: April 21, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Supreme Court justices worried aloud yesterday about creating some kind of "super-privilege" for foreigners if the law recognizes Fifth Amendment protection for immigrants accused of Nazi war crimes in Lithuania.

"Isn't it correct that you're asking really for a super-privilege?" Justice Anthony M. Kennedy asked Ivar Berzins, attorney for several Lithuanians accused of war crimes at concentration camps during Nazi occupation.

"My client is not asking for immunity. . . . He is asking not to be compelled to admit out of his own mouth acts that could be used against ...

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