Bar against Self-Incrimination as a Protection against Torture in Jewish and American Law

No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be witness against himself.
-Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

A person may not incriminate himself (ain adam mesim atsmo rasha).

-Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 9b

These two quotes form the foundation for Rabbi Melissa Weintraub's 2005 article.