Shaun Kent

You have a right to remain silent.

So you cannot force him to get in front of a grand jury and say, tell us what happened.

You can't force him to do that.

He doesn't have to say anything.

So he would have a due process right.

But as far as a regular witness, they just don't.

And just because they are his family members, there are no privilege to family members.

Privileges, Anushka, that do exist, like there is a attorney-client privilege.

I'm glad you brought that up because sometimes in these murder investigations, there turns to be a lot of confusion.

There is a spousal privilege that you cannot be forced to testify against your wife.

So if I can try to break this down a little bit to make it easier.

Your lawyer cannot be forced to testify against you.

When you're dealing with a medical examiner or a coroner, there are two things that we have to determine.

These are privileges that we have in the law.

There is not a privilege that exists between a person's mother, their father, their best friend, their neighbor.

We have to determine cause of death and manner of death.

Now, those are the first things someone has to make a determination.

There are no privileges in that situation.

The cause of death is the why, okay, or the what, if you will.

So, yes, they can be forced to come and testify if called by a grand jury or any investigative body.