There wasn't a sound to be heard as the attorney asked me the question for the second time. I sat still and upright in my chair before answering her. "I'm going to invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege." I looked down at my hands in my lap and waited for someone else to speak. The silence continued until a child in the back of the courtroom went into a coughing fit. When he did catch his breath it scared him and the wailing began. The woman holding him climbed over several people and exited … [Read more...]