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by koenigdavidmj 3697 days ago
https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-780-di...
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As GP said, that's not true in general. Immunity is offered when the prosecution believes your testimony will result in further arrests or in prevention of future crimes. That circumstance is exceedingly rare outside of episodes of "24".