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True or False: If you refuse to give a statement to the police concerning your potential involvement in an offense, you can be charged and taken into custody because of your refusal to cooperate.

FALSE - You cannot be arrested or charged simply because you have exercised your Fifth Amendment right not to give testimony against yourself. Many times the authorities will use this approach to scare an individual into waiving their rights and giving a statement out of fear that they will be placed in jail. The police may threaten you with this, stating that you will have a high bail if you don't cooperate. Actually, the judge cannot set a higher bail because you did not cooperate with the police.