The word self in self-incrimination refers to the person who is suspected of a crime and makes a statement about it. If he claims to know more than he should or he confesses, he has incriminated himself. If somebody else witnesses him at the scene, they are incriminating him but it is not self-incrimination.

The defendant invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during the interrogation.

The 5th Amendment of the Constitution protects you from self-incrimination, by guaranteeing you the right to never have to testify against yourself.

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