[qq66]

"Break it or go to jail" is already established law that pre-dates computers ("open this combination safe or go to jail"), but courts have generally held that this law also applies to encryption keys.

[derekp7]

And if the contents of the safe are written in code, or some made up language that the courts don't understand, can they compel you to translate them?

[qq66]

Yes, they can. This has also been true for hundreds of years.