<span>It means that citizens "cannot be </span>compelled
to affirm and testify against them, leaving the weight of demonstrating that a man has
carried out a wrongdoing to the administration".
<span>At a
criminal trial, it isn't just the respondent who appreciates the Fifth Amendment
right not to affirm. Witnesses who are called to the testimony box can decline
to answer certain inquiries if replying would ensnare them in a criminal
action.</span>
